The End Times

12 “At that time Michael,^(A) the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress^(B) such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book^(C)—will be delivered.^(D)

²¹ For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.^(A)

¹⁹ because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world,^(A) until now—and never to be equaled again.^(B)

¹⁷ The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air,^(A) and out of the temple^(B) came a loud voice^(C) from the throne, saying, “It is done!”^{(D) 18} Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder^(E) and a severe earthquake.^(F) No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth,^(G) so tremendous was the quake. ¹⁹ The great city^(H) split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered^(I) Babylon the Great^(J) and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.^{(K) 20} Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found.^{(L) 21} From the sky huge hailstones,^(M) each weighing about a hundred pounds,^[a] fell on people. And they cursed God^(N) on account of the plague of hail,^(O) because the plague was so terrible.