Revelation 15:6-16:21

New International Version

⁶Out of the temple^(A) came the seven angels with the seven plagues.^(B) They were dressed in clean, shining linen^(C) and wore golden sashes around their chests.^(D) ⁷Then one of the four living creatures^(E) gave to the seven angels^(F) seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.^(G) ⁸And the temple was filled with smoke^(H) from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the temple^(I) until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple^(J) saying to the seven angels,^(K) “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”^(L)

²The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land,^(M) and ugly, festering sores^(N) broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.^(O)

³The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died.^(P)

⁴The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water,^(Q) and they became blood.^(R) ⁵Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say:

“You are just in these judgments,^(S) O Holy One,^(T)
you who are and who were;^(U)
⁶for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,^(V)
and you have given them blood to drink^(W) as they deserve.”

⁷And I heard the altar^(X) respond:

“Yes, Lord God Almighty,^(Y)
true and just are your judgments.”^(Z)

⁸The fourth angel^(AA) poured out his bowl on the sun,^(AB) and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.^(AC) ⁹They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God,^(AD) who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent^(AE) and glorify him.^(AF)

¹⁰The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,^(AG) and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.^(AH) People gnawed their tongues in agony ¹¹and cursed^(AI) the God of heaven^(AJ) because of their pains and their sores,^(AK) but they refused to repent of what they had done.^(AL)

¹²The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,^(AM) and its water was dried up to prepare the way^(AN) for the kings from the East.^(AO) ¹³Then I saw three impure spirits^(AP) that looked like frogs;^(AQ) they came out of the mouth of the dragon,^(AR) out of the mouth of the beast^(AS) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.^(AT) ¹⁴They are demonic spirits^(AU) that perform signs,^(AV) and they go out to the kings of the whole world,^(AW) to gather them for the battle^(AX) on the great day^(AY) of God Almighty.

¹⁵“Look, I come like a thief!^(AZ) Blessed is the one who stays awake^(BA) and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”^(BB)

¹⁶Then they gathered the kings together^(BC) to the place that in Hebrew^(BD) is called Armageddon.^(BE)

¹⁷The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air,^(BF) and out of the temple^(BG) came a loud voice^(BH) from the throne, saying, “It is done!”^(BI) ¹⁸Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder^(BJ) and a severe earthquake.^(BK) No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth,^(BL) so tremendous was the quake. ¹⁹The great city^(BM) split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered^(BN) Babylon the Great^(BO) and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.^(BP) ²⁰Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found.^(BQ) ²¹From the sky huge hailstones,^(BR) each weighing about a hundred pounds,^[a] fell on people. And they cursed God^(BS) on account of the plague of hail,^(BT) because the plague was so terrible.