Revelation 15
15
The Seven Last Plagues. 1#A vision of the victorious martyrs precedes the vision of woe in Rev 15:5–16:21; cf. Rev 7:9–12. Then I saw in heaven another sign,#15:1–16:21] The seven bowls, the third and last group of seven after the seven seals and the seven trumpets, foreshadow the final cataclysm. Again, the series is introduced by a heavenly prelude, in which the victors over the beast sing the canticle of Moses (Rev 15:2–4). great and awe-inspiring: seven angels with the seven last plagues, for through them God’s fury is accomplished.
2Then I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire.#Mingled with fire: fire symbolizes the sanctity involved in facing God, reflected in the trials that have prepared the victorious Christians or in God’s wrath. On the sea of glass were standing those who had won the victory over the beast and its image and the number that signified its name. They were holding God’s harps,#7:9, 14; 13:15–18. 3and they sang the song of Moses,#The song of Moses: the song that Moses and the Israelites sang after their escape from the oppression of Egypt (Ex 15:1–18). The martyrs have escaped from the oppression of the Devil. Nations: many other Greek manuscripts and versions read “ages.” the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:
“Great and wonderful are your works,
Lord God almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
O king of the nations.#Ps 92:6; 98:1 / Dt 32:4; Ps 145:17.
4Who will not fear you, Lord,
or glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All the nations will come
and worship before you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”#Ps 86:9–10; Jer 10:7.
5#Seven angels receive the bowls of God’s wrath. After this I had another vision. The temple that is the heavenly tent of testimony#Tent of testimony: the name of the meeting tent in the Greek text of Ex 40. Cf. 2 Mc 2:4–7. opened, 6and the seven angels with the seven plagues came out of the temple. They were dressed in clean white linen, with a gold sash around their chests.#19:8. 7One of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven gold bowls filled with the fury of God, who lives forever and ever. 8Then the temple became so filled with the smoke from God’s glory and might that no one could enter it until the seven plagues of the seven angels had been accomplished.#1 Kgs 8:10; Is 6:4.
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Ḥazon (Revelation) 15
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1And I saw another sign in the heaven, great and marvellous: seven messengers having the seven last plagues,#See Rev. 21:9 for the wrath of Elohim was ended in them.
2And I saw like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those overcoming the beast and his image and his mark and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of Elohim.
3And they sing the song of Mosheh the servant of Elohim, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvellous are Your works, יהוה Ěl Shaddai! Righteous and true are Your ways, O Sovereign of the set-apart ones!
4“Who shall not fear You, O יהוה, and esteem Your Name? Because You alone are kind. Because all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your righteousnesses have been made manifest.”#See Jer. 10:6, 7; Psa. 86:9
5And after this I looked and saw the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Witness in the heaven was opened.
6And out of the Dwelling Place came the seven messengers having the seven plagues, dressed in clean bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands.
7And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven messengers seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of Elohim who lives forever and ever.
8And the Dwelling Place was filled with smoke from the esteem of Elohim and from His power, and no one was able to enter the Dwelling Place until the seven plagues of the seven messengers were ended.
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