Revelation 14:14-16:16

English Standard Version

The Harvest of the Earth

¹⁴Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one ^(A)like a son of man, ^(B)with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵And another angel ^(C)came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, ^(D)“Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for ^(E)the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.” ¹⁶So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸And another angel came out from the altar, ^(F)the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, ^(G)for its grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great ^(H)winepress of the wrath of God. ²⁰And ^(I)the winepress was trodden ^(J)outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as ^(K)a horse's bridle, for 1,600 stadia.^[a]

The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues

15 Then ^(L)I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, ^(M)seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.

²And I saw ^(N)what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those ^(O)who had conquered the beast and its image and ^(P)the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass ^(Q)with harps of God in their hands. ³And they sing ^(R)the song of Moses, ^(S)the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

^(T)“Great and amazing are your deeds,
    O Lord God the Almighty!
^(U)Just and true are your ways,
    O King of the nations!^[b]
⁴^(V)Who will not fear, O Lord,
    and glorify your name?
For you alone are ^(W)holy.
    ^(X)All nations will come
    and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

⁵After this I looked, and ^(Y)the sanctuary of ^(Z)the tent^[c] of witness in heaven was opened, ⁶and out of the sanctuary came ^(AA)the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright ^(AB)linen, ^(AC)with golden sashes around their chests. ⁷And one of ^(AD)the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven ^(AE)golden bowls full of the wrath of God ^(AF)who lives forever and ever, ⁸and ^(AG)the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and ^(AH)no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath

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

²So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful ^(AL)sores came upon the people who bore ^(AM)the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

³The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and ^(AN)it became like the blood of a corpse, and ^(AO)every living thing died that was in the sea.

⁴The third angel poured out his bowl into ^(AP)the rivers and the springs of water, and ^(AQ)they became blood. ⁵And I heard the angel in charge of the waters^[d] say,

^(AR)“Just are you, ^(AS)O Holy One, ^(AT)who is and who was,
for you brought these judgments.
⁶For ^(AU)they have shed the blood of ^(AV)saints and prophets,
and ^(AW)you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”

⁷And I heard ^(AX)the altar saying,

“Yes, Lord God the Almighty,
^(AY)true and just are your judgments!”

⁸The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people ^(AZ)with fire. ⁹They were scorched by the fierce heat, and ^(BA)they cursed^[e] the name of God who had power over these plagues. ^(BB)They did not repent ^(BC)and give him glory.

¹⁰The fifth angel poured out his bowl on ^(BD)the throne of the beast, and ^(BE)its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish ¹¹and cursed ^(BF)the God of heaven for their pain and ^(BG)sores. ^(BH)They did not repent of their deeds.

¹²The sixth angel poured out his bowl on ^(BI)the great river Euphrates, and ^(BJ)its water was dried up, ^(BK)to prepare the way for the kings ^(BL)from the east. ¹³And I saw, coming out of the mouth of ^(BM)the dragon and out of the mouth of ^(BN)the beast and out of the mouth of ^(BO)the false prophet, three ^(BP)unclean spirits like ^(BQ)frogs. ¹⁴For they are ^(BR)demonic spirits, ^(BS)performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, ^(BT)to assemble them for battle on ^(BU)the great day of God the Almighty. ¹⁵(“Behold, ^(BV)I am coming like a thief! ^(BW)Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, ^(BX)that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”) ¹⁶And ^(BY)they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called ^(BZ)Armageddon.