⁸ and will come out ^(A)to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, ^(B)Gog and Magog, ^(C)to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. ⁹ And ^(D)they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded ^(E)the camp of the saints and ^(F)the beloved city, but ^(G)fire came down from heaven^[a] and consumed them,

The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling ^(A)the seven angels, “Go and ^(B)pour out on the earth ^(C)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 ^(D)sores came upon the people who bore ^(E)the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

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

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

⁷ And I heard ^(P)the altar saying,

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

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

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on ^(AA)the great river Euphrates, and ^(AB)its water was dried up, ^(AC)to prepare the way for the kings ^(AD)from the east. ¹³ And I saw, coming out of the mouth of ^(AE)the dragon and out of the mouth of ^(AF)the beast and out of the mouth of ^(AG)the false prophet, three ^(AH)unclean spirits like ^(AI)frogs. ¹⁴ For they are ^(AJ)demonic spirits, ^(AK)performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, ^(AL)to assemble them for battle on ^(AM)the great day of God the Almighty. ¹⁵ (“Behold, ^(AN)I am coming like a thief! ^(AO)Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, ^(AP)that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”) ¹⁶ And ^(AQ)they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called ^(AR)Armageddon.

The Seventh Bowl

¹⁷ The seventh angel poured out his bowl into ^(AS)the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, ^(AT)“It is done!” ¹⁸ And there were ^(AU)flashes of lightning, rumblings,^[c] peals of thunder, and ^(AV)a great earthquake ^(AW)such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. ^19 (AX)The great city ^(AY)was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God ^(AZ)remembered ^(BA)Babylon the great, ^(BB)to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

³⁶ “And the king shall ^(A)do as he wills. ^(B)He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, ^(C)and shall speak astonishing things against ^(D)the God of gods. ^(E)He shall prosper ^(F)till the indignation is accomplished; for what is decreed shall be done. ³⁷ He shall pay no attention to the gods of his fathers, or to the one beloved by women. He shall not pay attention to any other god, for ^(G)he shall magnify himself above all. ³⁸ He shall honor the god of fortresses instead of these. A god whom his fathers did not know he shall honor ^(H)with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts. ³⁹ He shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. Those who acknowledge him he shall load with honor. He shall make them rulers over many and ^(I)shall divide the land for a price.^[a]

^40 (J)“At the time of the end, the king of the south shall attack^[b] him, but the king of the north shall rush upon him ^(K)like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen, and with many ships. And he shall come into countries and ^(L)shall overflow and pass through. ⁴¹ He shall come into ^(M)the glorious land. And tens of thousands shall fall, but these shall be delivered out of his hand: ^(N)Edom and ^(O)Moab and the main part of the ^(P)Ammonites. ⁴² He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape. ⁴³ He shall become ruler of the treasures of gold and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt, and the ^(Q)Libyans and the ^(R)Cushites shall follow in his train. ⁴⁴ But news from the east and the north shall alarm him, and he shall go out with great fury to destroy and devote many to destruction. ⁴⁵ And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, with none to help him.

²³ “Thus he said: ‘As for ^(A)the fourth beast,

⁹ You will advance, coming on ^(A)like a storm. You will be ^(B)like a cloud covering the land, you and all your ^(C)hordes, and many peoples with you.

¹⁰ “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, ^(D)thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme ¹¹ and say, ‘I will go up against ^(E)the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon ^(F)the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ ¹² to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against ^(G)the waste places that are now inhabited, and ^(H)the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, ^(I)who dwell at the center of the earth. ^13 (J)Sheba and ^(K)Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all ^(L)its leaders^[a] will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?’

¹⁴ “Therefore, ^(M)son of man, prophesy, and say to ^(N)Gog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are ^(O)dwelling securely, ^(P)will you not know it? ¹⁵ You will come from your place out of ^(Q)the uttermost parts of the north, you and ^(R)many peoples with you, ^(S)all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. ¹⁶ You will come up against my people Israel, ^(T)like a cloud covering the land. ^(U)In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, ^(V)I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

¹⁷ “Thus says the Lord God: Are you ^(W)he of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied for years that I would bring you against them? ¹⁸ But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord God, ^(X)my wrath will be roused in my anger. ¹⁹ For ^(Y)in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day ^(Z)there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. ^20 (AA)The fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the people who are on the face of the earth, ^(AB)shall quake at my presence. And ^(AC)the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground. ^21 (AD)I will summon a sword against Gog^[b] on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. ^(AE)Every man's sword will be against his brother. ²² With pestilence and bloodshed ^(AF)I will enter into judgment with him, and ^(AG)I will rain upon him and ^(AH)his hordes and the many peoples who are with him ^(AI)torrential rains and hailstones, ^(AJ)fire and sulfur. ²³ So I will show my greatness and my ^(AK)holiness and ^(AL)make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then ^(AM)they will know that I am the Lord.

39 “And you, ^(AN)son of man, ^(AO)prophesy against ^(AP)Gog and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^(AQ)I am against you, O Gog, ^(AR)chief prince of ^(AS)Meshech^[c] and ^(AT)Tubal. ^2 (AU)And I will turn you about and drive you forward,^[d] and bring you up from ^(AV)the uttermost parts of the north, and lead you against the ^(AW)mountains of Israel. ³ Then ^(AX)I will strike your bow from your left hand, and ^(AY)will make your arrows drop out of your right hand. ^4 (AZ)You shall fall on ^(BA)the mountains of Israel, you and all your ^(BB)hordes and the peoples who are with you. ^(BC)I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. ⁵ You shall fall in the open field, for ^(BD)I have spoken, declares the Lord God. ^6 (BE)I will send fire on ^(BF)Magog and on those ^(BG)who dwell securely in ^(BH)the coastlands, and ^(BI)they shall know that I am the Lord.

⁷ “And ^(BJ)my holy name I will make known in the midst of my people Israel, and ^(BK)I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. And ^(BL)the nations shall know that I am ^(BM)the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. ^8 (BN)Behold, it is coming and it will be brought about, declares the Lord God. That is the day ^(BO)of which I have spoken.

⁹ “Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and ^(BP)make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, ^(BQ)clubs^[e] and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years, ¹⁰ so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for ^(BR)they will make their fires of the weapons. ^(BS)They will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord God.

^18 (A)“Son of man, ^(B)wail over ^(C)the multitude of Egypt, and ^(D)send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, ^(E)to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:

²⁰ They shall fall amid those ^(H)who are slain by the sword. Egypt^[a] is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and ^(I)all her multitudes. ²¹ The mighty chiefs ^(J)shall speak of them, ^(K)with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: ‘They have come down, they lie still, ^(L)the uncircumcised, ^(M)slain by the sword.’

^22 (N)“Assyria is there, and all her company, ^(O)its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, ²³ whose graves are set in ^(P)the uttermost parts of the pit; and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, ^(Q)who spread terror ^(R)in the land of the living.

^24 (S)“Elam is ^(T)there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them ^(U)slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into ^(V)the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and ^(W)they bear their shame ^(X)with those who go down to the pit. ^25 (Y)They have made her a bed among the slain with all her multitude, ^(Z)her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for terror of them was spread in the land of the living, and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are placed among the slain.

^26 (AA)“Meshech-Tubal is ^(AB)there, and all her multitude, ^(AC)her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they spread their terror in the land of the living. ²⁷ And ^(AD)they do not lie with the mighty, the fallen from among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones; for the terror of the mighty men was in the land of the living. ²⁸ But as for you, you shall be broken ^(AE)and lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword.

^29 (AF)“Edom is ^(AG)there, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with those who are killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.

³⁰ “The princes ^(AH)of the north are there, all of them, and all the ^(AI)Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, ^(AJ)for all the terror that they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and ^(AK)bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

³¹ “When Pharaoh sees them, he ^(AL)will be comforted for ^(AM)all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord God. ^32 (AN)For I spread terror ^(AO)in the land of the living; and he shall be laid to rest among ^(AP)the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God.”