Revelation 6 - 16 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Seven Seals

6Then I looked when the ^aLamb opened one of the ^bseven seals, and I heard one of the ^cfour living creatures saying as with a ^dvoice of thunder, “¹Come.” ²Then I looked, and behold, a ^awhite horse, and he who sits on it had a bow; and ^ba crown was given to him, and he went out ^covercoming and to overcome.

³And when He opened the second seal, I heard the ^asecond living creature saying, “Come.” ⁴And another, ^aa red horse, went out; and to him who sits on it, it was given to him to ^btake peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

⁵And when He opened the third seal, I heard the ^athird living creature saying, “Come.” Then I looked, and behold, a ^bblack horse; and he who sits on it had a ^cpair of scales in his hand. ⁶And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the ^afour living creatures saying, “One ¹choinix of wheat for one ²denarius, and three ³choinix of barley for one ⁴denarius, and ^bdo not harm the oil and the wine.”

⁷And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ^afourth living creature saying, “Come.” ⁸Then I looked, and behold, a ^apale horse; and he who sits on it had the name ^bDeath, and ^cHades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^dto kill with sword and with famine and with ¹pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

⁹And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw ^aunderneath the ^baltar the ^csouls of those who had been slain ^dbecause of the word of God, and because of the ^ewitness which they had maintained; ¹⁰and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^aHow long, O ^bMaster, ^choly and true? ¹Will You not ^djudge and avenge our blood on ^ethose who dwell on the earth?” ¹¹And ^aa white robe was given to each of them; and it was told to them that they should ^brest for a little while longer, ^cuntil the number of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ^dcompleted also.

¹²Then I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and there was a great ^aearthquake; and the ^bsun became black as ^csackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; ¹³and ^athe stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^bas a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. ¹⁴^aAnd the sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and ^bevery mountain and island were moved out of their places. ¹⁵Then ^athe kings of the earth and the great men and the ¹commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man ^bhid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; ¹⁶and they *^asaid to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the ¹presence of Him ^bwho sits on the throne, and from the ²^,^cwrath of the Lamb, ¹⁷for ^athe great ^bday of their ¹wrath has come, and ^cwho is able to stand?”

The 144,000

7After this I saw ^afour angels standing at the ^bfour corners of the earth, holding back ^cthe four winds of the earth, ^dso that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. ²Then I saw another angel ascending ^afrom the rising of the sun, having the ^bseal of ^cthe living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the ^dfour angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, ³saying, “^aDo not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have ^bsealed the slaves of our God on their ^cforeheads.”

⁴And I heard the ^anumber of those having been sealed, ^b144,000 sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

⁵from the tribe of Judah, 12,000 having been sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000, ⁶from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000, ⁷from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000, ⁸from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin, 12,000 having been sealed.

A Multitude from Every Nation

⁹After these things I looked, and behold, a great ¹multitude which no one could count, from ^aevery nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing ^bbefore the throne and ^cbefore the Lamb, clothed in ^dwhite robes, and ^epalm branches were in their hands; ¹⁰and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, “^aSalvation belongs to our God ^bwho sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” ¹¹And all the angels were standing ^aaround the throne and ^bthe elders and the ^cfour living creatures, and they ^dfell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying, “^aAmen, ^bthe blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honor and the power and the strength, be to our God forever and ever. ^cAmen.”

¹³Then one of the elders ^aanswered, saying to me, “These, clothed in the ^bwhite robes, who are they, and from where have they come?” ¹⁴And I ¹said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the ^agreat tribulation, and they ^bwashed their robes and made them ^cwhite in the ^dblood of the Lamb. ¹⁵“For this reason, they are ^abefore the throne of God; and they ^bserve Him day and night in His ¹^,^csanctuary; and ^dHe who sits on the throne will ²^,^edwell over them. ¹⁶“^aThey will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun ¹beat down on them, nor any heat; ¹⁷for the Lamb at the center of the throne will ^ashepherd them and will guide them to springs of the ¹^,^bwater of life. And ^cGod will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

The Seventh Seal

8When He opened the ^aseventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ²Then I saw ^athe seven angels who stand before God, and seven ^btrumpets were given to them.

³^aAnd another angel came and stood at the ^baltar, having a ^cgolden censer; and much ^dincense was given to him, so that he might ¹add it to the ^eprayers of all the saints on the ^fgolden altar which was before the throne. ⁴And ^athe smoke of the incense went up ¹with the prayers of the saints, out of the angel’s hand, before God. ⁵Then the angel ¹took the censer and ^afilled it with the fire of the altar, and ^bthrew it to the earth; and there followed ^cpeals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an ^dearthquake.

The Seven Trumpets

⁶^aAnd the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.

⁷And the first sounded, and there came ^ahail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and ^ba third of the earth was burned up, and ^ca third of the ^dtrees were burned up, and all the green ^egrass was burned up.

⁸And the second angel sounded, and something like a great ^amountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and ^ba third of the ^csea became blood, ⁹and ^aa third of the creatures which were in the sea—those which had life—died; and a third of the ^bships were destroyed.

¹⁰And the third angel sounded, and a great star ^afell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a ^bthird of the rivers and on the ^csprings of waters. ¹¹And the name of the star is called Wormwood; and a ^athird of the waters became ^bwormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

¹²And the fourth angel sounded, and a ^athird of the ^bsun and a third of the ^cmoon and a ^dthird of the ^estars were struck, so that a ^fthird of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a ^gthird of it, and the night in the same way.

¹³Then I looked, and I heard ¹an eagle flying in ^amidheaven, saying with a loud voice, “^bWoe, woe, woe to ^cthose who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the ^dthree angels who are about to sound!”

9Then the ^afifth angel sounded. Then I saw a ^bstar from heaven which had fallen to the earth, and the ^ckey of the ^dpit of the abyss was given to him. ²And he opened the pit of the abyss and ^asmoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and ^bthe sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. ³Then out of the smoke came ^alocusts ¹upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ^bscorpions of the earth have power. ⁴And they were told not to ^ahurt the ^bgrass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the ^cseal of God on their foreheads. ⁵And ¹they were not permitted to kill ²anyone, but to torment for ^afive months, and their torment was like the torment of a ^bscorpion when it ³stings a man. ⁶And in those days ^amen will seek death and will never find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

⁷And the ¹^,^aappearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. And on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. ⁸And they had hair like the hair of women, and their ^ateeth were like the teeth of lions. ⁹And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the ^asound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses running to battle. ¹⁰And they have tails like ^ascorpions, and stings; and in their ^btails is their power to hurt men for ^cfive months. ¹¹They have as king over them, the angel of the ^aabyss. His name in ^bHebrew is ¹^,^cAbaddon, and in the Greek he has the name ²Apollyon.

¹²^aOne woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

¹³Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard ¹a voice from the ²four ^ahorns of the ^bgolden altar which is before God, ¹⁴one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the ^afour angels who have been bound at the ^bgreat river Euphrates.” ¹⁵And the four angels were ^areleased, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill a ^bthird of ¹mankind. ¹⁶And the number of the armies of the horsemen was ^atwo hundred million; ^bI heard the number of them. ¹⁷And ¹this is how I saw ^ain the vision the horses and those who sit on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of ²^,^bbrimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and ^cout of their mouths come fire and smoke and ³^,^dbrimstone. ¹⁸A ^athird of ¹mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the ^bfire and the smoke and the ²brimstone which came out of their mouths. ¹⁹For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads, and with them they do harm.

²⁰And the rest of ¹mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^adid not repent of ^bthe works of their hands, so as not to ^cworship demons, and ^dthe idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. ²¹And they ^adid not repent of their murders nor of their ^bsorceries nor of their ^csexual immorality nor of their thefts.

The Angel and the Little Scroll

10Then I saw another ^astrong angel ^bcoming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the ^crainbow was upon his head, and ^dhis face was like the sun, and his ^efeet like pillars of fire; ²and he had in his hand a ^alittle scroll which was open. He placed ^bhis right foot on the sea and his left on the earth, ³and he cried out with a loud voice, ^aas when a lion roars. And when he had cried out, the ^bseven peals of thunder ¹uttered their voices. ⁴And when the seven peals of thunder had spoken, ^aI was about to write; and I ^bheard a voice from heaven saying, “^cSeal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them.” ⁵Then the angel, whom I saw standing on the sea and on the earth, ^alifted up his right hand to heaven, ⁶^aand swore by ^bHim who lives forever and ever, ^cwho created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that ^dthere will be delay no longer, ⁷but in the days of the voice of the ^aseventh angel, when he is about to sound, then ^bthe mystery of God is finished, as He proclaimed good news to His slaves, the prophets.

⁸Then ^athe voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take ^bthe scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who ^cstands on the sea and on the earth.” ⁹So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he *said to me, “^aTake it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” ¹⁰And I took the little scroll out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. ¹¹And ^athey *said to me, “You must ^bprophesy again about ^cmany peoples and nations and tongues and ^dkings.”

The Two Witnesses

11Then a ¹^,^ameasuring rod like a staff was given to me, ^bsaying, “Get up and measure the sanctuary of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. ²“And ¹leave out the ^acourt which is outside the sanctuary and do not measure it, for ^bit has been given to the Gentiles, and they will ^ctrample ^dthe holy city under foot for ^eforty-two months. ³“And I will give authority to my two ^awitnesses, and they will prophesy for ^b1,260 days, clothed in ^csackcloth.” ⁴These are the ^atwo olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵And if anyone wishes to harm them, ^afire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wishes to harm them, ^bhe must be killed in this way. ⁶These have the authority to ^ashut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during ^bthe days of their prophesying; they also have authority over the waters to ^cturn them into blood, and ^dto strike the earth with every plague, as often as they wish.

⁷And when they have finished their witness, ^athe beast that comes up out of the ^babyss will ^cmake war with them and overcome them and kill them. ⁸And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the ^agreat city which spiritually is called ^bSodom and ^cEgypt, where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹And those from ^athe peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead ¹bodies for three and a half days, and ²^,^bwill not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. ¹⁰And ^athose who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate and ^bsend gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ^cthose who dwell on the earth.

¹¹But after the three and a half days, ^athe breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who were watching them. ¹²And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “^aCome up here.” Then they ^bwent up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³And in that hour there was a great ^aearthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; ¹seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^bgave glory to the ^cGod of heaven.

¹⁴The second ^awoe is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵Then the ^aseventh angel sounded, and there were ^bloud voices in heaven, saying, “^cThe kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^dHis ¹Christ, and ^eHe will reign forever and ever.” ¹⁶And the twenty-four elders, who ^asit on their thrones before God, ^bfell on their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷saying, “We give You thanks, ^aO Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to ^breign. ¹⁸“And ^athe nations were enraged, and ^bYour rage came, and ^cthe time came for the dead to be judged, and to give reward to Your ^dslaves—the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, ^ethe small and the great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

¹⁹And ^athe sanctuary of God which is in heaven was opened, and ^bthe ark of His covenant appeared in His sanctuary, and there were flashes of ^clightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a ^dgreat ¹hailstorm.

The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon

12And a great ^asign appeared ^bin heaven: ^ca woman ^dclothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. ²And she was with child, and she *^acried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth. ³Then ^aanother sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red ^bdragon having ^cseven heads and ^dten horns, and on his heads were ^eseven diadems. ⁴And his tail *swept away a ^athird of the stars of heaven and ^bthrew them to the earth. And the ^cdragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth ^dhe might devour her child. ⁵And ^ashe gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to ¹^,^brule all the ²nations with a rod of iron; and her child was ^ccaught up to God and to His throne. ⁶Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there ¹she would be nourished for ^a1,260 days.

War in Heaven

⁷And there was war in heaven, ^aMichael and his angels waging war with the ^bdragon. The dragon and ^chis angels waged war, ⁸and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. ⁹And the great ^adragon was thrown down, the ^bserpent of old who is called the devil and ^cSatan, who ^ddeceives the whole ¹world. He was ^ethrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰Then I heard ^aa loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the ^bsalvation, and the power, and the ^ckingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the ^daccuser of our brothers has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. ¹¹“And they ^aovercame him because of ^bthe blood of the Lamb and because of ^cthe word of their witness, and they ^ddid not love their life even to death. ¹²“For this reason, ^arejoice, O heavens and ^byou who ¹dwell in them. ^cWoe to the earth and the sea, because ^dthe devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only ^ea short time.”

¹³And when the ^adragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted ^bthe woman who gave birth to the male child. ¹⁴But the ^atwo wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly ^binto the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for ^ca time and times and half a time, from the ¹presence of the serpent. ¹⁵And the ^aserpent ¹poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. ¹⁶¹But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon ²poured out of his mouth. ¹⁷So the dragon was enraged with the woman and went off to ^amake war with the rest of her ^bseed, who ^ckeep the commandments of God and ^dhave the witness of Jesus.

The Beast from the Sea

13And the ¹dragon stood on the sand of the ²seashore. Then I saw a ^abeast coming up out of the sea, having ^bten horns and ^cseven heads, and on his horns were ^dten diadems, and on his heads were ^eblasphemous names. ²And the beast which I saw was ^alike a leopard, and his feet were like those of ^ba bear, and his mouth like the mouth of ^ca lion. And the ^ddragon gave him his power and his ^ethrone and great authority. ³And I saw one of his heads as if it had been ¹slain fatally, and his ^afatal wound was healed. And the whole earth ^bmarveled and followed after the beast. ⁴And they worshiped the ^adragon because he ^bgave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “^cWho is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” ⁵And there was given to him a mouth ^aspeaking ¹great boasts and blasphemies, and authority to act for ^bforty-two months was given to him. ⁶And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, ^athose who ¹dwell in heaven.

⁷And it was also given to him to ^amake war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over ^bevery tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. ⁸And all who ^adwell on the earth will worship him, everyone ^bwhose name has not been ¹written ^cfrom the foundation of the world in the ^dbook of life of ^ethe Lamb who has been slain. ⁹^aIf anyone has an ear, let him hear. ¹⁰^aIf anyone ¹is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^bif anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^cthe perseverance and the faith of the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

¹¹Then ^aI saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had ^btwo horns like a lamb and he was speaking as a ^cdragon. ¹²And he ^aexercises all the authority of the first beast ¹^,^bin his presence. And he makes ^cthe earth and those who dwell in it to ^dworship the first beast, whose ^efatal wound was healed. ¹³And he ^adoes great signs, so that he even makes ^bfire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. ¹⁴And he ^adeceives ^bthose who dwell on the earth because of ^cthe signs which were given to him to do ¹^,^din the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who *had the ^ewound of the sword and has come to life. ¹⁵And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even ¹speak and cause ^aas many as do not ^bworship the image of the beast to be killed. ¹⁶And he causes all, ^athe small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, that they ¹be given a ^bmark on their right hand or on their forehead, ¹⁷and that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the ^amark, either ^bthe name of the beast or ^cthe number of his name. ¹⁸^aHere is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number ^bof man; and his number is ¹666.

The Lamb and the 144,000

14Then I looked, and behold, ^athe Lamb was standing on ^bMount Zion, and with Him ^c144,000, having ^dHis name and the ^ename of His Father written ^fon their foreheads. ²And I heard a voice from heaven, like ^athe sound of many waters and like the ^bsound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of ^charpists playing on their harps. ³And they *¹sang ^aa new song before the throne and before the ^bfour living creatures and the ^celders. And ^dno one could learn that song except the ^e144,000 who had been ^fpurchased from the earth. ⁴^aThese are the ones who are not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who ^bfollow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been ^cpurchased from among men ^das first fruits to God and to the Lamb. ⁵And ^ano lie was found in their mouth; they are ^bblameless.

The Messages of the Three Angels

⁶Then I saw another angel flying in ^amidheaven, having ^ban eternal gospel to proclaim to ^cthose who ¹inhabit the earth, and to ^devery nation and tribe and tongue and people. ⁷And he said with a loud voice, “^aFear God, and ^bgive Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who ^cmade the heaven and the earth and sea and ^dsprings of waters.”

⁸And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “¹^,^aFallen, fallen is ^bBabylon the great, she who has ^cmade all the nations drink of the ^dwine of the wrath of her ²sexual immorality.”

⁹Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone ^aworships the beast and his ^bimage, and receives a ^cmark on his forehead or on his hand, ¹⁰and he also will drink of the ^awine of the wrath of God, which is mixed ¹in full strength ^bin the cup of His rage, and he will be tormented with ^cfire and ²brimstone in the presence of the ^dholy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹“And the ^asmoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; ^bthey have no rest day and night, those who ^cworship the beast and his ^dimage, and ¹whoever receives the ^emark of his name.” ¹²Here is ^athe perseverance of the saints who ^bkeep the commandments of God and ¹^,^ctheir faith in Jesus.

¹³And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘^aBlessed are the dead who ^bdie in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” ^csays the Spirit, “so that they may ^drest from their labors, for their ^edeeds follow with them.”

Reaping the Earth’s Harvest

¹⁴Then I looked, and behold, a ^awhite cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one ^blike ¹a son of man, having a golden ^ccrown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. ¹⁵And another angel ^acame out of the sanctuary, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sits on the cloud, “¹^,^bPut in Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the ^charvest of the earth ²is ripe.” ¹⁶Then He who sits on the cloud ¹swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷And another angel ^acame out of the sanctuary which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸Then another angel, ^athe one who has authority over fire, came out from ^bthe altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “¹^,^cPut in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters ²from the vine of the earth, ^dbecause her grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹So the angel ¹swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into ^athe great wine press of the wrath of God. ²⁰And ^athe wine press was trodden ^boutside the city, and ^cblood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, ¹for a distance of ²1,600 stadia.

Seven Angels, Seven Plagues

15Then I saw ^aanother sign in heaven, great and marvelous, ^bseven angels who have ^cseven plagues, which are ^dthe last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.

²Then I saw something like a ^asea of glass mixed with fire, and those who have ^bovercome ¹the ^cbeast and ^dhis image and the ^enumber of his name, standing on the ^fsea of glass, having ^gharps of God. ³And they *sang the ^asong of Moses, ^bthe slave of God, and the ^csong of the Lamb, saying, “^dGreat and marvelous are Your works,^eO ¹Lord God, the Almighty;Righteous and true are Your ways,^fKing of the ²nations!

⁴“^aWho will not fear, O ¹Lord, and glorify Your name?For You alone are holy;For ^ball the nations will come and worship before You,For Your ²^,^crighteous acts have been revealed.”

⁵And after these things I looked, and ^athe sanctuary of the ^btabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened, ⁶and the ^aseven angels who have the seven plagues ^bcame out of the sanctuary, clothed in ¹linen, clean and bright, and ^cgirded around their chests with golden sashes. ⁷Then one of the ^afour living creatures gave to the ^bseven angels seven ^cgolden bowls full of the ^dwrath of God, who ^elives forever and ever. ⁸And the sanctuary was filled with ^asmoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

16Then I heard a loud voice from ^athe sanctuary, saying to the ^bseven angels, “Go and ^cpour out ¹on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

²So the first angel went and poured out his bowl ¹^,^aon the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant ^bsore on the ²people ^cwho have the mark of the beast and who worship his image.

³And the second angel poured out his bowl ^ainto the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man, and every living ¹thing in the sea died.

⁴Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the ^arivers and the springs of waters, and they ^bbecame blood. ⁵And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “^aRighteous are You, ^bwho is and who was, O ^cHoly One, because You ^djudged these things; ⁶for they poured out ^athe blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them ^bblood to drink. They ¹deserve it.” ⁷And I heard ^athe altar saying, “Yes, O ¹^,^bLord God, the Almighty, ^ctrue and righteous are Your judgments.”

⁸And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon ^athe sun, ^band it was given to it to scorch men with fire. ⁹And men were scorched with ¹fierce heat, and they ^ablasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they ^bdid not repent so as to ^cgive Him glory.

¹⁰Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the ^athrone of the beast, and his kingdom became ^bdarkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, ¹¹and they ^ablasphemed the ^bGod of heaven because of their pains and their ^csores, and they ^ddid not repent of their deeds.

¹²And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the ^agreat river, the Euphrates, and ^bits water was dried up, so that ^cthe way would be prepared for the kings ^dfrom the ¹east. ¹³Then I saw coming out of the mouth of the ^adragon and out of the mouth of the ^bbeast and out of the mouth of the ^cfalse prophet, three ^dunclean spirits like ^efrogs; ¹⁴for they are ^aspirits of demons, ^bdoing signs, which go out to the kings of the ^cwhole ¹world, to ^dgather them together for the war of the ^egreat day of God, the Almighty. ¹⁵(“Behold, ^aI am coming like a thief. ^bBlessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his garments, ^cso that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”) ¹⁶And they ^agathered them together to the place which ^bin Hebrew is called ¹^,^cHar-Magedon.

The Seventh Bowl

¹⁷Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon ^athe air, and a ^bloud voice came out of the ^csanctuary from the throne, saying, “^dIt is done.” ¹⁸And there were flashes of ^alightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was ^ba great earthquake, ^csuch as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. ¹⁹^aAnd the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the ¹nations fell. ^bBabylon the great was ^cremembered before God, to give her ^dthe cup of the wine of the wrath of His rage. ²⁰And ^aevery island fled away, and the mountains were not found. ²¹And ^ahuge ¹hailstones, about one ²talent each, *came down from heaven upon men; and men ^bblasphemed God because of the ^cplague of the hail, because its plague *was extremely ³severe.