Revelation 15–16

The Angels with the Seven Last Plagues

¹⁵Then I saw another portent in heaven, great and amazing: seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is ended.^*

²And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.^{* 3}And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:

“Great and amazing are your deeds,

Lord God the Almighty!

Just and true are your ways,

King of the nations!^w*

⁴Lord, who will not fear

and glorify your name?

For you alone are holy.

All nations will come

and worship before you,

for your judgments have been revealed.”^*

⁵After this I looked, and the temple of the tent^x of witness in heaven was opened, ⁶and out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, robed in pure bright linen,^y with golden sashes across their chests. ⁷Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever;^{* 8}and the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were ended.^*

The Bowls of God’s Wrath

¹⁶Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”^*

²So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth, and a foul and painful sore came on those who had the brand of the beast and who worshiped its image.^*

³The second angel poured his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing in the sea died.^*

⁴The third angel poured his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.^{* 5}And I heard the angel of the waters say,

“You are just, O Holy One, who are and were,

for you have judged these things;^*

⁶because they shed the blood of saints and prophets,

you have given them blood to drink.

It is what they deserve!”

⁷And I heard the altar respond,

“Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty,

your judgments are true and just!”^*

⁸The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire; ⁹they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.^*

¹⁰The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness; people gnawed their tongues in agony^{* 11}and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, and they did not repent of their deeds.

¹²The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great River Euphrates, and its water was dried up in order to prepare the way for the kings from the east.^{* 13}And I saw three foul spirits like frogs coming from the mouth of the dragon, from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet.^{* 14}These are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.^{* 15}(“See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and is clothed,^z not going about naked and exposed to shame.”)^{* 16}And the demonic spirits^a assembled the kings^b at the place that in Hebrew is called Harmagedon.

¹⁷The seventh angel poured his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” ¹⁸And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a violent earthquake, such as had not occurred since people were upon the earth, so violent was that earthquake.^{* 19}The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered great Babylon and gave her the wine cup of the fury of his wrath.^{* 20}And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found, ²¹and huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds,^c dropped from heaven on people, until they cursed God for the plague of the hail, so fearful was that plague.^*