A Vision of a Flying Scroll

5 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying ^(A)scroll! ² And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying ^(B)scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”^{[a] 3} Then he said to me, “This is ^(C)the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who ^(D)steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who ^(E)swears falsely^[b] shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. ⁴ I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of ^(F)him who swears falsely by my name. And ^(G)it shall remain in his house and ^(H)consume it, both timber and stones.”

A Vision of a Woman in a Basket

^5 (I)Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, ^(J)“Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” ⁶ And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is ^(K)the basket^[c] that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity^[d] in all the land.” ⁷ And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! ⁸ And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down ^(L)the leaden weight on its opening.

⁹ Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! ^(M)The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. ¹⁰ Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” ¹¹ He said to me, “To the ^(N)land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”

A Vision of Four Chariots

6 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of ^(O)bronze. ² The first chariot had ^(P)red horses, the second ^(Q)black horses, ³ the third ^(R)white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong.^{[e] 4} Then I answered and said to ^(S)the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” ⁵ And the angel answered and said to me, ^(T)“These are going out to the four winds of heaven, after ^(U)presenting themselves before ^(V)the Lord of all the earth. ⁶ The chariot with the black horses goes toward ^(W)the north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward ^(X)the south country.” ⁷ When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go and ^(Y)patrol the earth. And he said, “Go, ^(Z)patrol the earth.” ^(AA)So they patrolled the earth. ⁸ Then he cried to me, “Behold, those who go toward ^(AB)the north country have set my Spirit at rest in ^(AC)the north country.”

The Crown and the Temple

⁹ And the word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁰ “Take from the exiles ^(AD)Heldai, Tobijah, and ^(AE)Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of ^(AF)Zephaniah. ¹¹ Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, ^(AG)and set it on the head of ^(AH)Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ¹² And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is ^(AI)the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and ^(AJ)he shall build the temple of the Lord. ^13 (AK)It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord ^(AL)and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there^[f] shall be a ^(AM)priest on his throne, ^(AN)and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’ ¹⁴ And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as ^(AO)a reminder to ^(AP)Helem,^{[g] (AQ)}Tobijah, ^(AR)Jedaiah, and Hen ^(AS)the son of Zephaniah.

^15 (AT)“And those who are far off shall come and ^(AU)help to build the temple of the Lord. ^(AV)And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ^(AW)And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”

The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues

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

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

⁵ After this I looked, and ^(N)the sanctuary of ^(O)the tent^[b] of witness in heaven was opened, ⁶ and out of the sanctuary came ^(P)the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright ^(Q)linen, ^(R)with golden sashes around their chests. ⁷ And one of ^(S)the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven ^(T)golden bowls full of the wrath of God ^(U)who lives forever and ever, ⁸ and ^(V)the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and ^(W)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 ^(X)the seven angels, “Go and ^(Y)pour out on the earth ^(Z)the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

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

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

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

⁷ And I heard ^(AM)the altar saying,

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

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

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

The Seventh Bowl

¹⁷ The seventh angel poured out his bowl into ^(BP)the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, ^(BQ)“It is done!” ¹⁸ And there were ^(BR)flashes of lightning, rumblings,^[e] peals of thunder, and ^(BS)a great earthquake ^(BT)such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. ^19 (BU)The great city ^(BV)was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God ^(BW)remembered ^(BX)Babylon the great, ^(BY)to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. ²⁰ And ^(BZ)every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. ²¹ And ^(CA)great hailstones, about one hundred pounds^[f] each, fell from heaven on people; and ^(CB)they cursed God for ^(CC)the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.

He Heals the Brokenhearted