Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

16 I heard a loud voice coming from the temple. It said to the seven angels, `Go and pour the seven bowls of God's anger on the earth.'

² So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth. Then a bad, dirty sore came on the people who had the mark of the animal on them, and who worshipped its idol.

³ The second angel poured his bowl on the sea. It turned into blood like that of a person who has been killed. Everything in the sea that had life died.

⁴ The third angel poured his bowl on the rivers and the places where there was water. They turned into blood.

⁵ And I heard the angel of the water say, `Holy One, you who live now and who always have lived, and will live for ever; you are right because you have punished them this way.

⁶ They killed God's people and the prophets. Now you have given them blood to drink. This is what they should get!'

⁷ I heard the people under the altar say, `Yes, Lord God, you have all power! The way you punish is true and right!'