Revelation 16:12-17:14

English Standard Version

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on ^(A)the great river Euphrates, and ^(B)its water was dried up, ^(C)to prepare the way for the kings ^(D)from the east. ¹³ And I saw, coming out of the mouth of ^(E)the dragon and out of the mouth of ^(F)the beast and out of the mouth of ^(G)the false prophet, three ^(H)unclean spirits like ^(I)frogs. ¹⁴ For they are ^(J)demonic spirits, ^(K)performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, ^(L)to assemble them for battle on ^(M)the great day of God the Almighty. ¹⁵ (“Behold, ^(N)I am coming like a thief! ^(O)Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, ^(P)that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”) ¹⁶ And ^(Q)they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called ^(R)Armageddon.

The Seventh Bowl

¹⁷ The seventh angel poured out his bowl into ^(S)the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, ^(T)“It is done!” ¹⁸ And there were ^(U)flashes of lightning, rumblings,^[a] peals of thunder, and ^(V)a great earthquake ^(W)such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. ^19 (X)The great city ^(Y)was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God ^(Z)remembered ^(AA)Babylon the great, ^(AB)to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. ²⁰ And ^(AC)every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. ²¹ And ^(AD)great hailstones, about one hundred pounds^[b] each, fell from heaven on people; and ^(AE)they cursed God for ^(AF)the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.

The Great Prostitute and the Beast

17 Then ^(AG)one of the seven angels who had ^(AH)the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of ^(AI)the great prostitute ^(AJ)who is seated on many waters, ^2 (AK)with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and ^(AL)with the wine of whose sexual immorality ^(AM)the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” ³ And ^(AN)he carried me away in the Spirit ^(AO)into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on ^(AP)a scarlet beast that was full of ^(AQ)blasphemous names, and ^(AR)it had seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ The woman ^(AS)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned ^(AT)with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand ^(AU)a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. ⁵ And on her forehead was written a name of ^(AV)mystery: ^(AW)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.” ⁶ And I saw the woman, drunk ^(AX)with the blood of the saints, the blood of ^(AY)the martyrs of Jesus.^[c]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly. ⁷ But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you ^(AZ)the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. ⁸ The beast that you saw ^(BA)was, and is not, and ^(BB)is about to rise from ^(BC)the bottomless pit^[d] and ^(BD)go to destruction. And ^(BE)the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in ^(BF)the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because ^(BG)it was and is not and is to come. ^9 (BH)This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; ¹⁰ they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while. ¹¹ As for the beast ^(BI)that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction. ¹² And ^(BJ)the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings ^(BK)for one hour, together with the beast. ¹³ These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast. ¹⁴ They ^(BL)will make war on the Lamb, and ^(BM)the Lamb will conquer them, for he is ^(BN)Lord of lords and ^(BO)King of kings, and those with him are ^(BP)called and chosen and faithful.”