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1 I heard
a loud voice
out of the
temple, saying to
the seven angels, “Go
and pour out
the seven bowls
of the wrath
of God on
the earth!”
2 The
first went, and
poured out his
bowl into the
earth, and it
became a harmful
and painful sore
on the people
who had the
mark of the
beast, and who
worshiped his
image.
3 The
second angel
poured out his
bowl into the
sea, and it
became blood as of
a dead man.
Every living thing
in the sea
died.
4 The
third poured out
his bowl into
the rivers and
springs of water,
and they
became blood.
5 I heard
the angel of the
waters saying, “You
are righteous, who
are and who
were, O Holy One,
because you have
judged these
things.
6 For
they poured out
the blood of saints
and prophets, and
you have given
them blood to
drink. They deserve
this.”
7 I heard
the altar saying,
“Yes, Lord God,
the Almighty, true
and righteous are
your judgments.”
8 The
fourth poured out
his bowl on
the sun, and
it was given
to him to
scorch men with
fire.
9 People
were scorched with
great heat, and
people blasphemed the
name of God
who has the
power over these
plagues. They didn’t
repent and give
him glory.
10 The
fifth poured out
his bowl on
the throne of
the beast, and
his kingdom was
darkened. They
gnawed their
tongues because of
the pain,
11 and
they blasphemed the
God of heaven
because of their
pains and their
sores. They still didn’t
repent of their
works.
12 The
sixth poured out
his bowl on
the great river,
the Euphrates. Its
water was dried
up, that the
way might be
prepared for the
kings that come
from the sunrise.
13 I
saw coming out
of the mouth
of the dragon,
and out of
the mouth of
the beast, and
out of the
mouth of the
false prophet,
three unclean spirits,
something like frogs;
14 for
they are spirits
of demons,
performing signs,
which go out
to the kings
of the whole
inhabited earth,
to gather them
together for the
war of that
great day of
God the Almighty.
15 “Behold, I come
like a thief.
Blessed is he
who watches, and
keeps his
clothes, so that
he doesn’t walk
naked, and they
see his shame.”
16 He
gathered them
together into the
place which is
called in Hebrew,
“Harmagedon”.
17 The
seventh poured out
his bowl into
the air. A loud
voice came out
of the temple
of heaven, from
the throne, saying,
“It is done!”
18 There
were lightnings, sounds,
and thunders; and
there was a
great earthquake
such as has
not happened since
there were men
on the earth—so
great an
earthquake and so
mighty.
19 The
great city was
divided into three
parts, and the
cities of the
nations fell. Babylon
the great was
remembered in the
sight of God,
to give to
her the cup
of the wine
of the fierceness
of his wrath.
20 Every
island fled away,
and the mountains
were not found.
21 Great
hailstones, about
the weight of a
talent,
came down out
of the sky
on people.
People blasphemed God
because of the
plague of the
hail, for this
plague was
exceedingly severe.