Revelation 16

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple^a saying to the seven angels,^b “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”^c

The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land,^d and ugly, festering sores^e broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.^f

The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died.^g

The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water,^h and they became blood.ⁱ Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say:

“You are just in these judgments,^j

you who are and who were,^k the Holy One,^l

because you have so judged;^m

for they have shed the blood of your people and your prophets,ⁿ

and you have given them blood to drink^o as they deserve.”

And I heard the altar^p respond:

“Yes, Lord God Almighty,^q

true and just are your judgments.”^r

The fourth angel^s poured out his bowl on the sun,^t and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.^u They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God,^v who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent^w and glorify him.^x

The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,^y and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.^z People gnawed their tongues in agony and cursed^a the God of heaven^b because of their pains and their sores,^c but they refused to repent of what they had done.^d

The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,^e and its water was dried up to prepare the way^f for the kings from the East.^g Then I saw three evil spirits^h that looked like frogs;ⁱ they came out of the mouth of the dragon,^j out of the mouth of the beast^k and out of the mouth of the false prophet.^l They are demonic spirits^m that perform signs,ⁿ and they go out to the kings of the whole world,^o to gather them for the battle^p on the great day^q of God Almighty.

“Look, I come like a thief!^r Blessed are those who stay awake^s and keep their clothes on, so that they may not go naked and be shamefully exposed.”^t

Then they gathered the kings together^u to the place that in Hebrew^v is called Armageddon.^w

The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air,^x and out of the temple^y came a loud voice^z from the throne, saying, “It is done!”^a Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder^b and a severe earthquake.^c No earthquake like it has ever occurred since the human race has been on earth,^d so tremendous was the quake. The great city^e split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered^f Babylon the Great^g and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.^h Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found.ⁱ From the sky huge hailstones,^j each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell on people. And they cursed God^k on account of the plague of hail,^l because the plague was so terrible.