16Revelation 16

The Bowls of God's Anger

1Then I heard a loud voice speaking from the temple to the seven angels: “Go and pour out the seven bowls of God's anger on the earth!”Select Revelation 16:1

2The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Terrible and painful sores appeared on those who had the mark of the beast and on those who had worshiped its image.Select Revelation 16:2

3Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea. The water became like the blood of a dead person, and every living creature in the sea died.Select Revelation 16:3

4Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.Select Revelation 16:4

5I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “The judgments you have made are just, O Holy One, you who are and who were!Select Revelation 16:5

6They poured out the blood of God's people and of the prophets, and so you have given them blood to drink. They are getting what they deserve!”Select Revelation 16:6

7Then I heard a voice from the altar saying, “Lord God Almighty! True and just indeed are your judgments!”Select Revelation 16:7

8Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to burn people with its fiery heat.Select Revelation 16:8

9They were burned by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God, who has authority over these plagues. But they would not turn from their sins and praise his greatness.Select Revelation 16:9

10Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast. Darkness fell over the beast's kingdom, and people bit their tongues because of their pain,Select Revelation 16:10

11and they cursed the God of heaven for their pains and sores. But they did not turn from their evil ways.Select Revelation 16:11

12Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River. The river dried up, to provide a way for the kings who come from the east.Select Revelation 16:12

13Then I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs. They were coming out of the mouth of the dragon, the mouth of the beast, and the mouth of the false prophet.Select Revelation 16:13

14They are the spirits of demons that perform miracles. These three spirits go out to all the kings of the world, to bring them together for the battle on the great Day of Almighty God.Select Revelation 16:14

15“Listen! I am coming like a thief! Happy is he who stays awake and guards his clothes, so that he will not walk around naked and be ashamed in public!”Select Revelation 16:15

16Then the spirits brought the kings together in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.Select Revelation 16:16

17Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl in the air. A loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”Select Revelation 16:17

18There were flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder, and a terrible earthquake. There has never been such an earthquake since the creation of human beings; this was the worst earthquake of all!Select Revelation 16:18

19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of all countries were destroyed. God remembered great Babylon and made her drink the wine from his cup—the wine of his furious anger.Select Revelation 16:19

20All the islands disappeared, all the mountains vanished.Select Revelation 16:20

21Huge hailstones, each weighing as much as a hundred pounds, fell from the sky on people, who cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because it was such a terrible plague.Select Revelation 16:21