Revelation 16
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1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.”
The First Bowl: A Noxious and Grievous Sore
2 So the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and there was a noxious and grievous sore on the men* who had the mark of the beast and who worshipped his image.
The Second Bowl: The Sea Turns into Blood
3 And the second poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood, like that of a dead person, and every living creature* that was in the sea died.
The Third Bowl: The Water Turns into Blood
4 And the third* poured out his bowl on the rivers and the fountains of waters, and they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “Just are You, the One who is and the One who was, O Holy One, because You have judged these things, 6 because they have poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They are deserving.” 7 And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, O Lord God the Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
The Fourth Bowl: The Sun Scorches People
8 And the fourth* poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was granted power* to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched by the great heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, but they did not repent to give Him glory.
The Fifth Bowl: Darkness and Distresses
10 And the fifth* poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened, and they were gnawing their tongues in distress. 11 And they blasphemed the God of heaven for their distresses and for their sores, but they did not repent of their works.*
The Sixth Bowl: The Drying up of the Euphrates
12 And the sixth* poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for the kings from the east.* 13 And I saw proceeding from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet three unclean spirits like frogs. 14 For they are the spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the war of the great day of God the Almighty. 15 (Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who is watching and keeping his garments, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his shame.) 16 And he* gathered them to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
The Seventh Bowl: Judgments on the Great City, Islands, Mountains, and People
17 And the seventh* poured out his bowl into the air, and a great voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” 18 And there were flashes of lightning and voices and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as has not been since mankind came into existence on the earth—so great was the earthquake, so mighty. 19 And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His anger. 20 And every island fell, and no mountains were to be found. 21 And a large hailstone, weighing about a talent,* came down from the sky upon men; and men blasphemed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague of it was exceedingly severe.
Notes
2 Or people, as the term may be understood, generically speaking. The same also applies in vv. 8,9,21
3 Greek living soul
4 Some ancient manuscripts insert the word angel at this point
8 Some ancient manuscripts insert the word angel at this point
8 The word power is contextually supplied to the text for clarification
10 Some ancient manuscripts insert the word angel at this point
11 One ancient Greek manuscript gives an abbreviated reading as but they did not repent, possibly to harmonise the reading with v. 9
12 Some ancient manuscripts insert the word angel at this point
12 Greek from the rising of the sun
16 The Greek text uses a singular verb he gathered to describe the unified action of the spirits of demons. This usage reflects a Hebraic idiom. An alternative translation based on the context is the use of the plural construction they gathered
17 Some ancient manuscripts insert the word angel at this point
21 Or approximately a hundred
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