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The Revelation of St. John the Divine

Berean Study Bible :: World English Bible Catholic

- Chapter 16 -

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Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
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So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
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And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
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And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.
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And I heard the angel of the waters say:Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
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For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
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And I heard the altar reply:Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
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Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.
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And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
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And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish
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and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.
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And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.
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And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.
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These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
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Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
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And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

The Seventh Bowl of Wrath

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Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”
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And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earthso mighty was the great quake.
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The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
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Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.
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And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each (a) rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.

Footnotes

(a)16:21 Greek great hail as of a talent; that is, hailstones weighing approximately 75.4 pounds or 34.2 kilograms each
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.
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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.
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For they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”
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I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”
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The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire.
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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,
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and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They still didn’t repent of their works.
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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.(a)
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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;
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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.
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“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.”
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He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, “Harmagedon”.

The Seventh Bowl of Wrath

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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!”
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There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake such as has not happened since there were men on the earthso great an earthquake and so mighty.
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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.
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Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
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Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent,(b) came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague was exceedingly severe.

Footnotes

(a)16:12 or, east
(b)16:21 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.