The Lamb Opens The Seventh Seal

8 And when^[a] He opened the seventh seal, a silence took place in heaven for about a half hour.

Vision 2: The Seven Trumpets

² And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. ³ And another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer. And much incense was given to him so-that he will give it with^[b] the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne. ⁴ And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up from the hand of the angel before God. ⁵ And the angel has taken the censer, and he filled it from the fire of the altar and threw it to the earth. And there came thunders and voices and lightnings^[c] and an earthquake. ⁶ And the seven angels having the seven trumpets prepared themselves in order that they might trumpet.

Angels Blow The First Four Trumpets

⁷ And the first trumpeted, and there came hail and fire having been mixed with blood, and it was thrown to the land^[d]. And a third of the land was burned-up, and a third of the trees was burned-up, and all the green grass was burned-up.

⁸ And the second angel trumpeted, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. ⁹ And a third of the sea became blood. And a third of the creatures in the sea, the ones having life, died. And a third of the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰ And the third angel trumpeted, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch. And it fell on a third of the rivers, and on the springs of waters. ¹¹ And the name of the star is called Wormwood^[e]. And a third of the waters became wormwood. And many of the people died from the waters, because they were made-bitter.

¹² And the fourth angel trumpeted, and a third of the sun was struck^[f], and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so-that a third of them might be darkened, and the day might not shine for a third of it, and the night likewise.

Three Woes Remain For The Ones Dwelling On The Earth

¹³ And I saw, and I heard one eagle^[g] flying in mid-heaven^[h], saying with a loud voice. “Woe, woe, woe for the ones dwelling upon the earth, because-of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels being about to trumpet!”

The Fifth Trumpet. The First Woe

9 And the fifth angel trumpeted, and I saw a star from heaven having fallen to the earth. And the key of the shaft of the abyss was given to him. ² And he opened the shaft of the abyss. And smoke went-up from the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air was darkened by the smoke of the shaft. ³ And locusts came out of the smoke to the earth. And authority was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have authority. ⁴ And it was told to them that they shall not harm the grass of the land, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ And authority was given to them so that they might not kill them, but so that they will be tormented for five months. And their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person. ⁶ And during those days the people will seek death, and will by no means find it; and they will desire to die, and death flees from them. ⁷ And the likenesses^[i] of the locusts were like horses having been prepared for battle. And on their heads were something like crowns resembling gold. And their faces were like faces of people^[j]. ⁸ And they had hair like the hair of women^[k]. And their teeth were like ones of lions. ⁹ And they had breastplates like iron breastplates. And the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses running into battle. ¹⁰ And they have tails like scorpions, and stingers. And their authority to harm people for five months is in their tails. ¹¹ They have a king over them: the angel of the abyss. The name for him in Hebrew is Abaddon^[l]. And in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

¹² The first woe passed-away. Behold— two woes are still coming after these things.

The Sixth Trumpet. The Second Woe

¹³ And the sixth angel trumpeted.

Four Angels Are Released To Kill a Third of Mankind

And I heard one voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God ¹⁴ saying to the sixth angel, the one having the trumpet, “Release the four angels having been bound at the great river Euphrates”. ¹⁵ And the four angels were released, the ones having been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, in order that they might kill a third of mankind. ¹⁶ And the number of the troops of cavalry was two hundred million. I heard the number of them. ¹⁷ And I saw the horses and the ones sitting on them in the vision as follows— having^[m] breastplates [the color] of-fire and of-hyacinth^[n] and of-sulphur. And the heads of the horses are like heads of lions. And fire and smoke and sulphur is coming-out of their mouths. ¹⁸ A third of mankind were killed from these three plagues— by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur coming-out of their mouths. ¹⁹ For the authority of the horses is in their mouth and in their tails. For their tails are like snakes, having heads, and with them they do harm. ²⁰ And the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues, they did not-even repent from the works of their hands, so-that they will not worship demons and idols— the golden ones and the silver ones and the brass ones and the stone ones and the wooden ones— which are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk. ²¹ And they did not repent from their murders, nor from their sorcerer’s-potions^[o], nor from their sexual-immorality, nor from their thefts.

Two Witnesses Prophesy And Torment The Earth For 1260 Days

11 And a measuring-rod resembling a staff was given^[a] to me, saying “Arise, and measure^[b] the temple^[c] of God, and the altar, and the ones worshiping in it. ² And put the court outside of the temple on-the-outside, and do not measure it, because it was given to the Gentiles^[d]. And they will trample the holy city for forty and two months. ³ And I will give authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for one-thousand two-hundred sixty days, having been clothed-with^[e] sackcloth. ⁴ These are the two olive-trees and the two lampstands standing in the presence of the Lord of the earth. ⁵ And if anyone is intending^[f] to harm them, fire comes-out of their mouth and devours their enemies. Indeed, if anyone should intend to harm them, in this manner he must be killed. ⁶ These ones have the authority to shut the heaven in-order-that no rain may fall for the days of ^[g] their prophecy. And they have authority over the waters— to be turning them into blood— and authority to strike the earth^[h] with every plague, as often as they may want. ⁷ And when they finish their testimony, the beast coming up out of the abyss will make war against them, and overcome them, and kill them. ⁸ And their corpse will be on the wide-road of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt— where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹ And some from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations look-at their corpse for three and a half days. And they do not permit their corpses to be put in a tomb. ¹⁰ And the ones dwelling upon the earth^[i] rejoice over them and celebrate. And they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented the ones dwelling upon the earth. ¹¹ And after the three and a half days, a breath^[j] of life from God entered in them, and they stood on their feet. And great fear fell upon the ones seeing them. ¹² And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come-up here”. And they went-up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³ And at that hour a great earthquake took place, and a tenth of the city fell. And seven thousand names of people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest became terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven”.

¹⁴ The second woe passed-away. Behold— the third woe is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet, The Third Woe

¹⁵ And the seventh angel trumpeted. And there came loud voices in heaven, saying “The kingdom of the world became^[k] the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ. And He will reign forever and ever”. ¹⁶ And the twenty four elders sitting on their thrones in the presence of God fell on their faces and gave-worship to God, ¹⁷ saying “We give-thanks to You, Lord God Almighty, the One Who is and Who was^[l], because You have taken Your great power, and You began to reign^[m]. ¹⁸ And the nations became-angry. And Your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to Your slaves the prophets, and the saints, and^[n] the ones fearing Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy the ones destroying^[o] the earth”.

Vision 3: The Three Signs In Heaven

¹⁹ And the temple of God in heaven was opened. And the ark of ^[p] His covenant appeared in His temple. And there came lightnings^[q] and voices and thunders and an earthquake and a great hail.

Sign 3: Seven Angels With The Seven Last Plagues, And The Overcomers Singing

15 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having seven plagues— the last, because the fury of God was finished^[a] in them. ² And I saw something like a sea of-glass^[b] having been mixed with fire, and the ones overcoming^[c] from the beast and from his image and from the number of his name standing upon the sea of-glass, holding harps of God. ³ And they are singing the song of Moses the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying “Your works are great and marvelous, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are righteous and true, King of the nations. ⁴ Who will never come-to-fear, Lord, and glorify Your name? Because You alone are holy. Because all the nations will come and worship^[d] before You, because Your righteous-acts were revealed”.

Vision 4: The Seven Bowls of Wrath

⁵ And after these things I saw, and the temple of ^[e] the tabernacle^[f] of ^[g] testimony^[h] in heaven was opened^[i]. ⁶ And the seven angels having the seven plagues^[j] came out of the temple, having been dressed-in clean shining linen and having been girded-with golden belts around the chests. ⁷ And one of the four living-creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls being full of the fury of God, the One living forever and ever. ⁸ 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 finished. 16 ¹ And I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour-out the seven bowls of the fury of God into the earth”.

² And the first went and poured out his bowl into the land^[k]— and a bad and evil sore came upon the people having the mark of the beast and the ones giving worship to his image.

³ And the second poured out his bowl into the sea— and it became blood like of a dead man. And every soul of life died— the things in the sea.

⁴ And the third poured-out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of waters— and it^[l] became blood. ⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous^[m], the One Who is and Who was^[n], the holy One, because You judged these things. ⁶ Because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They are worthy^[o] of it ”. ⁷ And I heard a voice from the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God Almighty, Your judgments are true and righteous”.

⁸ And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun— and authority was given to it to scorch the people with fire. ⁹ And the people were scorched with a great scorching-heat. And they blasphemed the name of God, the One having the authority over these plagues. And they did not repent so as to give Him glory.

¹⁰ And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast— and his kingdom became darkened. And they were biting their tongues because-of the pain. ¹¹ And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains, and because of their sores. And they did not repent from their works.

¹² And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates— and its water was dried-up in order that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun^[p]. ¹³ And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false-prophet. ¹⁴ For they are spirits of demons doing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them together for the battle of the great day of God Almighty. ¹⁵ “Behold^[q]— I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one keeping-watch^[r], and keeping his garments in order that he not be walking-around naked and they see his shame”. ¹⁶ And they gathered them together to the place being called Har-Magedon in Hebrew.

¹⁷ And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air— and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne saying, “It is done^[s]”. ¹⁸ And there came lightnings^[t] and voices and thunders. And a great earthquake took place such as did not take place from which time a human^[u] came-to-be^[v] upon the earth— so-large an earthquake, so great. ¹⁹ And the great city^[w] came-to-be in three parts. And the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered^[x] in the presence of God— to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. ²⁰ And every island fled, and the mountains were not found. ²¹ And great hail weighing about a talent^[y] comes down from heaven upon the people. And the people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is extremely great.

One of The Seven Angels Takes John To See The Judgment of Babylon The Great

17 And one of the seven angels having the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute sitting on many waters, ² with whom the kings of the earth committed-sexual-immorality, and the ones dwelling-in the earth^[z] got-drunk from the wine of her sexual-immorality”. ³ And he carried me away in the Spirit^[aa] to a wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast being-full-of names of ^[ab] blasphemy having seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ And the woman had been clothed-with^[ac] purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and with precious stone and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand being-full of abominations^[ad] and^[ae] the impure things of her sexual-immorality, ⁵ and a name having been written upon her forehead, a mystery^[af]: “Babylon the Great, the mother of the prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth”. ⁶ And I saw the woman being-drunk from the blood of the saints, and^[ag] from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus.

The Angel Explains The Mystery of The Great Prostitute And The Beast

And having seen her, I wondered with great wonder. ⁷ And the angel said to me, “For what reason do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast carrying her— the one having the seven heads and the ten horns. ⁸ The beast which you saw was and is not and is going to come-up out of the abyss. And he goes to destruction. And the ones dwelling upon the earth whose name has not been written on the book of life since the foundation of the world will be caused-to-marvel while seeing the beast, because he was and is not and will be present^[ah]. ⁹ Here^[ai] is the mind having wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains where the woman sits on them, and they are seven kings. ¹⁰ The five fell, the one is, the other did not yet come. And when he comes, he must remain a short time. ¹¹ And the beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth. And he is from^[aj] the seven. And he goes to destruction. ¹² And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings^[ak] who did not-yet receive a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour^[al]. ¹³ These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast. ¹⁴ These will wage-war against the Lamb. And the Lamb^[am] will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and the ones with Him are called ones and chosen ones and faithful ones”. ¹⁵ And he says to me, “The waters which you saw where the prostitute sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. ¹⁶ And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast— these will hate^[an] the prostitute and they will make her desolated^[ao] and naked, and they will eat her flesh, and they will burn her up with fire. ¹⁷ For God gave it into their hearts to do His purpose, and to do one purpose, and to give their kingdom to the beast— until the words of God will be finished. ¹⁸ And the woman whom you saw is the great city having a kingdom over the kings of the earth”.

Another Angel Says, Babylon The Great Fell, It Fell!

18 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority. And the earth was illuminated by his glory. ² And he cried-out with a strong voice, saying “Babylon the great fell, it fell! And it became a dwelling-place of demons, and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean bird, and a prison of every unclean and hated wild-beast. ³ Because all the nations have drunk from^[ap] the wine of the passion^[aq] of her sexual-immorality, and the kings of the earth committed-sexual-immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth became-rich by the power of her luxury”.

A Voice Says, Come Out of Her, My People. Babylon’s Judgment Comes In One Day

⁴ And I heard another voice from heaven, saying “Come out of her, my people, so-that you will not participate in her sins, and so that you will not receive of her plagues, ⁵ because her sins reached as far as heaven, and God remembered her wrongs. ⁶ Render^[ar] to her as indeed she herself rendered, and double^[as] the doubles in accordance with her works. Mix double for her in the cup in which she mixed. ⁷ To the degree she glorified herself and lived-luxuriously^[at], to that degree give her torment and mourning. Because she says in her heart that ‘I sit as queen and I am not a widow, and I will never see mourning’, ⁸ for this reason her plagues will come in one day— death^[au] and mourning and famine— and she will be burned-up with fire, because the Lord God, the One having judged her, is strong^[av].

The Kings of The Earth Weep

⁹ “And the kings of the earth having committed-sexual-immorality with her and lived-luxuriously will weep and beat-their-breasts over her when they see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰ while standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city— because your judgment came in one hour’.

The Merchants of The Earth Weep

¹¹ “And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargo^[aw] anymore— ¹² cargo of gold and of silver and of precious stone and of pearls, and of fine-linen and of purple and of silk and of scarlet, and everything made-of-citron wood, and every object made-of-ivory, and every object from very-precious wood and brass and iron and marble, ¹³ and cinnamon and spice and incense and perfume and frankincense, and wine and olive-oil and fine-flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and of horses and of carriages, and of bodies^[ax]— even^[ay] souls of people. ¹⁴ And^[az] the fruit of ^[ba] the desire of your soul departed from you; indeed all the rich things and shining things perished from you, and people will never find them anymore. ¹⁵ The merchants of these things, the ones having become-rich from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, ¹⁶ saying ‘Woe, woe, the great city, the one having been clothed-with fine-linen and purple and scarlet, and having been gilded with gold, and with precious stone and pearl— ¹⁷ because so much wealth was desolated in one hour!’

All Who Work The Sea Weep

“And every helmsman^[bb] and everyone sailing to a place and sailors and all-who work the sea stood at a distance, ¹⁸ and were crying-out while seeing the smoke of her burning, saying ‘What city is like the great city?’ ¹⁹ And they threw dirt on their heads and were crying-out, weeping and mourning, saying ‘Woe, woe, the great city by which all the ones having ships at sea became-rich because-of her preciousness^[bc]— because she was desolated in one hour!’

Saints Celebrate

²⁰ “Celebrate^[bd] over her, heaven and saints and apostles and prophets— because God judged your judgment^[be] from her!”

A Strong Angel Says Babylon Will Never Be Seen Again

²¹ And one strong angel picked-up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying “In this manner, Babylon the great city will be thrown-down with violence and never found again. ²² And a sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. And every craftsman of every craft will never be found in you again. And a sound of a mill will never be heard in you again. ²³ And a light of a lamp will never shine in you again. And a sound of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Because your merchants were the princes of the earth. Because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery, ²⁴ and in her the blood of prophets and saints was found, even of all the ones having been slain upon the earth”.

Heaven Rejoices Over God’s Judgment

19 After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven^[bf] of ones saying “Hallelujah— the salvation and the glory and the power of ^[bg] our God! ² Because His judgments are true and righteous. Because He judged the great prostitute who corrupted^[bh] the earth with her sexual-immorality, and He avenged the blood of His slaves from her hand”. ³ And a second time they have said, “Hallelujah! And her smoke goes up forever and ever”. ⁴ And the twenty four elders and the four living-creatures fell and gave-worship to God, the One sitting on the throne, saying “Amen. Hallelujah!”

Heaven Rejoices Over The Wedding of The Lamb

⁵ And a voice came out from the throne, saying “Give-praise^[bi] to our God, all His slaves, and^[bj] the ones fearing Him— the small and the great”. ⁶ And I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of strong thunders, saying “Hallelujah! Because the Lord our God, the Almighty, began^[bk] to reign. ⁷ Let us rejoice and be overjoyed, and give the glory to Him, because the wedding^[bl] of the Lamb came, and His wife prepared herself ”. ⁸ And^[bm] authority was given to her to^[bn] clothe herself with shining clean fine-linen. For the fine-linen is the righteous-acts of the saints. ⁹ And he^[bo] says to me, “Write— ‘Blessed are the ones having been called^[bp] to the banquet of the wedding of the Lamb’”.

These Words Are True Words of God

And he says to me, “These^[bq] words are true ones of God”. ¹⁰ And I fell in front of his feet to give-worship^[br] to him. And he says to me “See that you not do it. I am a fellow-slave of you and your brothers— the ones holding the testimony of ^[bs] Jesus. Give-worship to God. For the testimony of ^[bt] Jesus is the spirit^[bu] of prophecy”.

Vision 5: Heaven Is Opened. The King of Kings Comes To Earth On a White Horse

¹¹ And I saw heaven having been opened. And behold— there was a white horse, and the One sitting on it being called Faithful and True. And He judges and wages-war in righteousness. ¹² And His eyes are like a flame of fire, and upon His head are many diadems^[bv]— He having a name having been written which no one knows except Himself, ¹³ and having clothed Himself with a garment having been dipped in blood^[bw]. And His name has been called “The Word of God”. ¹⁴ And the armies in heaven were following Him on white horses, the riders having been dressed-in white clean fine-linen. ¹⁵ And a sharp sword comes out of His mouth, in order that He may strike the nations with it. And He Himself will shepherd^[bx] them with an iron rod. And He Himself treads the winepress of the wine of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. ¹⁶ And He has a name having been written on the garment and^[by] on His thigh: “King of kings, and Lord of lords”.

An Angel Calls The Birds To Feast On Human Flesh

¹⁷ And I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he cried-out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying in mid-heaven, “Come, be gathered-together for the great banquet of God, ¹⁸ in order that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh of powerful ones, and the flesh of horses and of the ones sitting on them, and the flesh of everyone— both free and slaves, both^[bz] small and great”.

The Beast And His Followers Are Conquered. The Birds Are Satisfied

¹⁹ And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies having been gathered-together to make^[ca] war against the One sitting on the horse, and against His army. ²⁰ And the beast was seized, and with him the false-prophet having done the signs in his presence, by which he deceived the ones having received the mark of the beast, and the ones giving-worship to his image. While living, the two were thrown into the lake of fire burning with sulphur. ²¹ And the rest were killed with the sword of the One sitting on the horse, the sword having come-out of His mouth. And all the birds were filled-to-satisfaction from their flesh.