Revelation 15

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Preparation for the Bowl Judgments

15 Then I saw another great and awe-inspiring sign^[a] in heaven:^(A) seven angels with the seven last plagues, for with them, God’s wrath will be completed.^(B) ²I also saw something like a sea of glass^(C) mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, his image,^[b] and the number of his name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.^[c]^(D) ³They sang the song of God’s servant Moses^(E) and the song of the Lamb:

Great and awe-inspiring are Your works,
Lord God, the Almighty;
righteous and true are Your ways,
King of the Nations.^[d]
⁴Lord, who will not fear
and glorify Your name?
Because You alone are holy,
for all the nations will come
and worship before You
because Your righteous acts
have been revealed.

⁵After this I looked, and the heavenly sanctuary—the tabernacle of testimony^(F)—was opened.^(G) ⁶Out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean, bright linen, with gold sashes wrapped around their chests. ⁷One of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven gold bowls filled with the wrath of God who lives forever and ever. ⁸Then the sanctuary was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from His power,^(H) and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.