²² And when the days of their purification were fulfilled,^[a] according to the Torah of Moses, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present to Adonai. ²³ As it is written in the Torah of Adonai, “Every firstborn male that opens the womb shall be called holy to Adonai.” ^{[b] 24} So they offered a sacrifice according to what was said in the Torah of Adonai: “a pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.”^[c]

³¹ It was the Day of Preparation, and the next day was a festival Shabbat. So that the bodies should not remain on the execution stake during Shabbat, the Judean leaders asked Pilate to have the legs broken and to have the bodies taken away.

³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and then the other who had been executed with Yeshua. ³³ Now when they came to Yeshua and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. ³⁴ But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. ³⁵ He who has seen it has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. ³⁶ These things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, “Not a bone of His shall be broken.” ^{[a] 37} And again another Scripture says, “They shall look on Him whom they have pierced.”^[b]

¹⁶ So Paul, standing up and motioning with his hand, said, “Men of Israel and God-fearers, listen. ¹⁷ The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt,^[a] and with an outstretched arm He led them out of there.

⁶ Then the seven angels holding the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. ⁷ The first trumpeted,^[a] and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and they were thrown upon the earth.^[b] A third of the earth burned up, a third of the trees burned up, and all the green grass burned up.

⁸ The second angel trumpeted, and something like a huge mountain^[c] ablaze with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, ⁹ a third of the creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰ The third angel trumpeted, and a great star fell from the heavens, burning like a torch. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. ¹¹ Now the name of the star is Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters that were made bitter.^[d]

¹² The fourth angel trumpeted, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them were darkened.^[e] A third of the day would not shine, as well as a third of the night.

¹³ Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying out with a loud voice as it flew high in the sky, saying, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpets the three angels are about to sound!”

9 Then the fifth angel trumpeted, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth. The key to the bottomless pit was given to him. ² He opened the pit, and smoke rose from the pit like the smoke of a gigantic furnace.^[f] The sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.

³ Then from the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions have power over the earth. ^{[g] 4} They were told to do no harm to the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. ^{[h] 5} And they were permitted not to kill them, but to torment them for five months—and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person. ⁶ In those days, people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.^[i]

⁷ Now the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle.^[j] On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces. ⁸ They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions. ^{[k] 9} They had chests like iron breastplates; and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle. ^{[l] 10} They have tails like scorpions with stingers; and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months. ¹¹ They have as king over them the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.^[m]

¹² The first woe is past. Behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from the Temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.” ^{[a] 2} So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and foul and painful boils^[b] came upon the people having the mark of the beast and worshiping his image. ³ Next the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like that of a corpse; and every living thing in the sea died. ^{[c] 4} Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. ^{[d] 5} Then I heard the angel of the waters saying,

⁸ The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire. ⁹ People were scorched with fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God—the One who has power over these plagues. But they did not repent, to give Him glory.

¹⁰ Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness.^[g] People gnawed their tongues in pain ¹¹ and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their boils. But they did not repent of their deeds.^[h]

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl over the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. ¹³ Then I saw—coming from the dragon’s mouth and from the beast’s mouth and from the false prophet’s mouth—three unclean spirits like frogs. ^{[i] 14} For they are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, who go out to the kings of the whole world—to gather them for battle on the great Day of Elohei Tzva’ot.^[j]

¹⁵ “Behold, I am coming like a thief! How fortunate is the one who stays alert and keeps his clothes on, lest he walk around naked and they see his shamefulness.”

¹⁶ Then the spirits gathered the kings to the place called in Hebrew Har-Megiddo.^[k]

¹⁷ The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came out of the Temple^[l] from the throne, saying, “It is done!” ^{[m] 18} And there were flashes of lightning and rumblings and clashes of thunder and a great earthquake—such as never happened since mankind has been on the earth, so mighty was the quake.^[n]

¹⁹ Then the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to force her to drink the cup of the wine of His furious wrath. ^{[o] 20} Every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. ²¹ Enormous hail—about a hundred pounds each^[p]—falls from heaven on the people. And the people cursed God because of the plague of hail—so extreme was that plague.^[q]