Revelation 15-16
New American Standard Bible
A Scene of Heaven
15 Then I saw (A)another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, (B)seven angels who had (C)seven plagues, which are (D)the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.
2 And I saw something like a (E)sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who (F)were victorious [a]over the (G)beast and (H)his image and the (I)number of his name, standing on the (J)sea of glass, holding (K)harps of God. 3 And they *sang the (L)song of Moses, (M)the bond-servant of God, and the (N)song of the Lamb, saying,
“(O)Great and marvelous are Your works,
(P)Lord God, the Almighty;
Righteous and true are Your ways,
(Q)King of the [b]nations!
4 (R)Who will not fear You, Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are holy;
For (S)all the nations will come and worship before You,
For Your [c](T)righteous acts have been revealed.”
5 After these things I looked, and (U)the [d]temple of the (V)tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened, 6 and the (W)seven angels who had the seven plagues (X)came out of the [e]temple, clothed in [f]linen, clean and bright, and (Y)their chests wrapped with golden sashes. 7 And one of the (Z)four living creatures gave the (AA)seven angels seven (AB)golden bowls full of the (AC)wrath of God, who (AD)lives forever and ever. 8 And the [g]temple was filled with (AE)smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the [h]temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.
The Bowls of Wrath
16 Then I heard a loud voice from (AF)the [i]temple, saying to the (AG)seven angels, “Go and (AH)pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”
2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl (AI)on the earth; and a harmful and painful (AJ)sore [j]afflicted the people (AK)who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.
3 The second angel poured out his bowl (AL)into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living [k]thing in the sea died.
4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the (AM)rivers and the springs of waters; and they (AN)became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “(AO)Righteous are You, (AP)the One who is and who was, O (AQ)Holy One, because You (AR)judged these things; 6 for they poured out (AS)the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them (AT)blood to drink. They [l]deserve it.” 7 And I heard (AU)the altar saying, “Yes, (AV)Lord God, the Almighty, (AW)true and righteous are Your judgments.”
8 And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon (AX)the sun, (AY)and it was given power to scorch people with fire. 9 And the people were scorched with [m]fierce heat; and they (AZ)blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they (BA)did not repent so as to (BB)give Him glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the (BC)throne of the beast, and his kingdom became (BD)darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, 11 and they (BE)blasphemed the (BF)God of heaven because of their pain and their (BG)sores; and they (BH)did not repent of their deeds.
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the (BI)great river, the Euphrates; and (BJ)its water was dried up, so that (BK)the way would be prepared for the kings (BL)from the [n]east.
Har-Magedon (Armageddon)
13 And I saw coming out of the mouth of the (BM)dragon, and out of the mouth of the (BN)beast, and out of the mouth of the (BO)false prophet, three (BP)unclean spirits like (BQ)frogs; 14 for they are (BR)spirits of demons, (BS)performing signs, which go out to the kings of the (BT)entire [o]world, to (BU)gather them together for the war of the (BV)great day of God, the Almighty. 15 (“Behold, (BW)I am coming like a thief. (BX)Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, (BY)so that he will not walk about naked and people will not see his shame.”) 16 And they (BZ)gathered them together to the place which (CA)in Hebrew is called (CB)Har-Magedon.
The Seventh Bowl of Wrath
17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon (CC)the air, and a (CD)loud voice came out of the [p](CE)temple from the throne, saying, “(CF)It is done.” 18 And there were flashes of (CG)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was (CH)a great earthquake, (CI)such as there had not been since mankind came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. 19 (CJ)The great city [q]was split into three parts, and the cities of the [r]nations fell. (CK)Babylon the great was (CL)remembered in the sight of God, to give her (CM)the cup of the wine of [s]His fierce wrath. 20 And (CN)every island fled, and no mountains were found. 21 And (CO)huge [t]hailstones, weighing about [u]a talent each, *came down from heaven upon people; and people (CP)blasphemed God because of the (CQ)plague of the hail, because [v]the hailstone plague *was extremely [w]severe.
Footnotes
- Revelation 15:2 Lit from
- Revelation 15:3 Two early mss ages
- Revelation 15:4 Or judgments
- Revelation 15:5 Or sanctuary
- Revelation 15:6 Or sanctuary
- Revelation 15:6 One early ms stone
- Revelation 15:8 Or sanctuary
- Revelation 15:8 Or sanctuary
- Revelation 16:1 Or sanctuary
- Revelation 16:2 Lit came upon
- Revelation 16:3 Lit soul
- Revelation 16:6 Lit are worthy
- Revelation 16:9 Lit great
- Revelation 16:12 Lit rising of the sun
- Revelation 16:14 Lit inhabited earth
- Revelation 16:17 Or sanctuary
- Revelation 16:19 Lit became three
- Revelation 16:19 Or Gentiles
- Revelation 16:19 Lit wrath of His anger
- Revelation 16:21 Lit hail
- Revelation 16:21 I.e., as a measure of weight about 100 lb. or 45 kg
- Revelation 16:21 Lit its plague
- Revelation 16:21 Lit great
Revelation 15-16
King James Version
15 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
16 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
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 the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
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