Revelation 16

New International Version

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple^(A) saying to the seven angels,^(B) “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”^(C)

²The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land,^(D) and ugly, festering sores^(E) broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.^(F)

³The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died.^(G)

⁴The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water,^(H) and they became blood.^(I) ⁵Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say:

“You are just in these judgments,^(J) O Holy One,^(K)
you who are and who were;^(L)
⁶for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,^(M)
and you have given them blood to drink^(N) as they deserve.”

⁷And I heard the altar^(O) respond:

“Yes, Lord God Almighty,^(P)
true and just are your judgments.”^(Q)

⁸The fourth angel^(R) poured out his bowl on the sun,^(S) and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.^(T) ⁹They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God,^(U) who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent^(V) and glorify him.^(W)

¹⁰The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,^(X) and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.^(Y) People gnawed their tongues in agony ¹¹and cursed^(Z) the God of heaven^(AA) because of their pains and their sores,^(AB) but they refused to repent of what they had done.^(AC)

¹²The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,^(AD) and its water was dried up to prepare the way^(AE) for the kings from the East.^(AF) ¹³Then I saw three impure spirits^(AG) that looked like frogs;^(AH) they came out of the mouth of the dragon,^(AI) out of the mouth of the beast^(AJ) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.^(AK) ¹⁴They are demonic spirits^(AL) that perform signs,^(AM) and they go out to the kings of the whole world,^(AN) to gather them for the battle^(AO) on the great day^(AP) of God Almighty.

¹⁵“Look, I come like a thief!^(AQ) Blessed is the one who stays awake^(AR) and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”^(AS)

¹⁶Then they gathered the kings together^(AT) to the place that in Hebrew^(AU) is called Armageddon.^(AV)

¹⁷The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air,^(AW) and out of the temple^(AX) came a loud voice^(AY) from the throne, saying, “It is done!”^(AZ) ¹⁸Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder^(BA) and a severe earthquake.^(BB) No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth,^(BC) so tremendous was the quake. ¹⁹The great city^(BD) split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered^(BE) Babylon the Great^(BF) and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.^(BG) ²⁰Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found.^(BH) ²¹From the sky huge hailstones,^(BI) each weighing about a hundred pounds,^[a] fell on people. And they cursed God^(BJ) on account of the plague of hail,^(BK) because the plague was so terrible.

Footnotes

Revelation 16:21 Or about 45 kilograms

Jonah 1 - Micah 2

New International Version

Jonah Flees From the Lord

1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah^(A) son of Amittai:^(B) ²“Go to the great city of Nineveh^(C) and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

³But Jonah ran^(D) away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish^(E). He went down to Joppa,^(F) where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.^(G)

⁴Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.^(H) ⁵All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.^(I)

But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. ⁶The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call^(J) on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”^(K)

⁷Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.”^(L) They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.^(M) ⁸So they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”

⁹He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord,^(N) the God of heaven,^(O) who made the sea^(P) and the dry land.^(Q)”

¹⁰This terrified them and they asked, “What have you done?” (They knew he was running away from the Lord, because he had already told them so.)

¹¹The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”

¹²“Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.”^(R)

¹³Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.^(S) ¹⁴Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man,^(T) for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.”^(U) ¹⁵Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.^(V) ¹⁶At this the men greatly feared^(W) the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows^(X) to him.

Jonah’s Prayer

¹⁷Now the Lord provided^(Y) a huge fish to swallow Jonah,^(Z) and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 2 ¹^[a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. ²He said:

“In my distress I called^(AA) to the Lord,^(AB)
    and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead^(AC) I called for help,
    and you listened to my cry.
³You hurled me into the depths,^(AD)
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves^(AE) and breakers
    swept over me.^(AF)
⁴I said, ‘I have been banished
    from your sight;^(AG)
yet I will look again
    toward your holy temple.’^(AH)
⁵The engulfing waters threatened me,^[b]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.^(AI)
⁶To the roots of the mountains^(AJ) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.^(AK)

⁷“When my life was ebbing away,
I remembered^(AL) you, Lord,
and my prayer^(AM) rose to you,
to your holy temple.^(AN)

⁸“Those who cling to worthless idols^(AO)
    turn away from God’s love for them.
⁹But I, with shouts of grateful praise,^(AP)
    will sacrifice^(AQ) to you.
What I have vowed^(AR) I will make good.
    I will say, ‘Salvation^(AS) comes from the Lord.’”

¹⁰And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Jonah Goes to Nineveh

3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah^(AT) a second time: ²“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”

³Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. ⁴Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming,^(AU) “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” ⁵The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.^(AV)

⁶When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.^(AW) ⁷This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:

“By the decree of the king and his nobles:

Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.^(AX) ⁸But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call^(AY) urgently on God. Let them give up^(AZ) their evil ways^(BA) and their violence.^(BB) ⁹Who knows?^(BC) God may yet relent^(BD) and with compassion turn^(BE) from his fierce anger^(BF) so that we will not perish.”

¹⁰When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented^(BG) and did not bring on them the destruction^(BH) he had threatened.^(BI)

Jonah’s Anger at the Lord’s Compassion

4 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.^(BJ) ²He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew^(BK) that you are a gracious^(BL) and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,^(BM) a God who relents^(BN) from sending calamity.^(BO) ³Now, Lord, take away my life,^(BP) for it is better for me to die^(BQ) than to live.”^(BR)

⁴But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”^(BS)

⁵Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. ⁶Then the Lord God provided^(BT) a leafy plant^[c] and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. ⁷But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.^(BU) ⁸When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die,^(BV) and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”

⁹But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”^(BW)

“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”

¹⁰But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. ¹¹And should I not have concern^(BX) for the great city of Nineveh,^(BY) in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”

1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth^(BZ) during the reigns of Jotham,^(CA) Ahaz^(CB) and Hezekiah,^(CC) kings of Judah^(CD)—the vision^(CE) he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

²Hear,^(CF) you peoples, all of you,^(CG)
listen, earth^(CH) and all who live in it,
that the Sovereign Lord may bear witness^(CI) against you,
the Lord from his holy temple.^(CJ)

Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem

³Look! The Lord is coming from his dwelling^(CK) place;
    he comes down^(CL) and treads on the heights of the earth.^(CM)
⁴The mountains melt^(CN) beneath him^(CO)
    and the valleys split apart,^(CP)
like wax before the fire,
    like water rushing down a slope.
⁵All this is because of Jacob’s transgression,
    because of the sins of the people of Israel.
What is Jacob’s transgression?
    Is it not Samaria?^(CQ)
What is Judah’s high place?
    Is it not Jerusalem?

⁶“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,
    a place for planting vineyards.^(CR)
I will pour her stones^(CS) into the valley
    and lay bare her foundations.^(CT)
⁷All her idols^(CU) will be broken to pieces;^(CV)
    all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;
    I will destroy all her images.^(CW)
Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,^(CX)
    as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.”

Weeping and Mourning

⁸Because of this I will weep^(CY) and wail;
    I will go about barefoot^(CZ) and naked.
I will howl like a jackal
    and moan like an owl.
⁹For Samaria’s plague^(DA) is incurable;^(DB)
    it has spread to Judah.^(DC)
It has reached the very gate^(DD) of my people,
    even to Jerusalem itself.
¹⁰Tell it not in Gath^[d];
    weep not at all.
In Beth Ophrah^[e]
    roll in the dust.
¹¹Pass by naked^(DE) and in shame,
    you who live in Shaphir.^[f]
Those who live in Zaanan^[g]
    will not come out.
Beth Ezel is in mourning;
    it no longer protects you.
¹²Those who live in Maroth^[h] writhe in pain,
    waiting for relief,^(DF)
because disaster^(DG) has come from the Lord,
    even to the gate of Jerusalem.
¹³You who live in Lachish,^(DH)
    harness fast horses to the chariot.
You are where the sin of Daughter Zion^(DI) began,
    for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
¹⁴Therefore you will give parting gifts^(DJ)
    to Moresheth^(DK) Gath.
The town of Akzib^[i]^(DL) will prove deceptive^(DM)
    to the kings of Israel.
¹⁵I will bring a conqueror against you
    who live in Mareshah.^[j]^(DN)
The nobles of Israel
    will flee to Adullam.^(DO)
¹⁶Shave^(DP) your head in mourning
    for the children in whom you delight;
make yourself as bald as the vulture,
    for they will go from you into exile.^(DQ)

Human Plans and God’s Plans

2 Woe to those who plan iniquity,
    to those who plot evil^(DR) on their beds!^(DS)
At morning’s light they carry it out
    because it is in their power to do it.
²They covet fields^(DT) and seize them,^(DU)
    and houses, and take them.
They defraud^(DV) people of their homes,
    they rob them of their inheritance.^(DW)

³Therefore, the Lord says:

“I am planning disaster^(DX) against this people,
    from which you cannot save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,^(DY)
    for it will be a time of calamity.
⁴In that day people will ridicule you;
    they will taunt you with this mournful song:
‘We are utterly ruined;^(DZ)
    my people’s possession is divided up.^(EA)
He takes it from me!
    He assigns our fields to traitors.’”

⁵Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the Lord
to divide the land^(EB) by lot.^(EC)

False Prophets

⁶“Do not prophesy,” their prophets say.
    “Do not prophesy about these things;
    disgrace^(ED) will not overtake us.^(EE)”
⁷You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
    “Does the Lord become^[k] impatient?
    Does he do such things?”

“Do not my words do good^(EF)
    to the one whose ways are upright?^(EG)
⁸Lately my people have risen up
    like an enemy.
You strip off the rich robe
    from those who pass by without a care,
    like men returning from battle.
⁹You drive the women of my people
    from their pleasant homes.^(EH)
You take away my blessing
    from their children forever.
¹⁰Get up, go away!
    For this is not your resting place,^(EI)
because it is defiled,^(EJ)
    it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
¹¹If a liar and deceiver^(EK) comes and says,
    ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’^(EL)
    that would be just the prophet for this people!^(EM)

Deliverance Promised

¹²“I will surely gather all of you, Jacob;
    I will surely bring together the remnant^(EN) of Israel.
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
    like a flock in its pasture;
    the place will throng with people.^(EO)
¹³The One who breaks open the way will go up before^(EP) them;
    they will break through the gate^(EQ) and go out.
Their King will pass through before them,
    the Lord at their head.”

Footnotes

Jonah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:17, and 2:1-10 is numbered 2:2-11.
Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat
Jonah 4:6 The precise identification of this plant is uncertain; also in verses 7, 9 and 10.
Micah 1:10 Gath sounds like the Hebrew for tell.
Micah 1:10 Beth Ophrah means house of dust.
Micah 1:11 Shaphir means pleasant.
Micah 1:11 Zaanan sounds like the Hebrew for come out.
Micah 1:12 Maroth sounds like the Hebrew for bitter.
Micah 1:14 Akzib means deception.
Micah 1:15 Mareshah sounds like the Hebrew for conqueror.
Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord