Preparation for the Bowl Judgments

15 Then I saw another great and awe-inspiring sign[a] in heaven:(A) seven angels with the seven last plagues; for with them God’s wrath will be completed.(B) I also saw something like a sea of glass(C) mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, its image,[b] and the number of its name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.(D) They sang the song of God’s servant Moses(E) and the song of the Lamb:

Great and awe-inspiring are your works,
Lord God, the Almighty;
just and true(F) are your ways,
King of the nations.[c](G)
Lord, who will not fear
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.(H)
All the nations will come
and worship before you(I)
because your righteous acts
have been revealed.

After this I looked, and the heavenly temple—the tabernacle of testimony(J)—was opened.(K) Out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in pure, bright linen, with golden sashes wrapped around their chests. One of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God who lives forever and ever.(L) Then the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power,(M) and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:1 Or and awesome symbolic display
  2. 15:2 Other mss add his mark
  3. 15:3 Other mss read ages

Seven Angels with Seven Last Plagues

15 And I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels having seven plagues that are the last ones, because with them the wrath of God is completed. And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name were standing by[a] the glassy sea, holding harps from God. And they were singing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying:

“Great and marvelous are your works,
    Lord God All-Powerful;
righteous and true are your ways,
    King of the ages![b]
Who would never fear, Lord,
    and glorify your name?
For only you are holy,
    because all the nations[c] will come
    and worship before you,
because your righteous deeds have been revealed.”

And after these things I looked, and the temple, the tent of the testimony in heaven, was opened, and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out from the temple, dressed in clean, bright linen garments, and girded with golden belts around their[d] chests. And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever[e], and the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:2 Or “on”; or “at”; or “near”
  2. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts have “nations”
  3. Revelation 15:4 Or “Gentiles”; the same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context
  4. Revelation 15:6 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  5. Revelation 15:7 Literally “for the ages of the ages”