Revelation 16

Legacy Standard Bible

The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from ^(A)the sanctuary, saying to the ^(B)seven angels, “Go and ^(C)pour out ^[a]on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

² So the first angel went and poured out his bowl ^[b](D)on the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant ^(E)sore on the ^[c]people ^(F)who have the mark of the beast and who worship his image.

³ And the second angel poured out his bowl ^(G)into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man, and every living ^[d]thing in the sea died.

⁴ Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the ^(H)rivers and the springs of waters, and they ^(I)became blood. ⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “^(J)Righteous are You, ^(K)who is and who was, O ^(L)Holy One, because You ^(M)judged these things; ⁶ for they poured out ^(N)the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them ^(O)blood to drink. They ^[e]deserve it.” ⁷ And I heard ^(P)the altar saying, “Yes, O ^[f](Q)Lord God, the Almighty, ^(R)true and righteous are Your judgments.”

⁸ And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon ^(S)the sun, ^(T)and it was given to it to scorch men with fire. ⁹ And men were scorched with ^[g]fierce heat, and they ^(U)blasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they ^(V)did not repent so as to ^(W)give Him glory.

¹⁰ Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(X)throne of the beast, and his kingdom became ^(Y)darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, ¹¹ and they ^(Z)blasphemed the ^(AA)God of heaven because of their pains and their ^(AB)sores, and they ^(AC)did not repent of their deeds.

¹² And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(AD)great river, the Euphrates, and ^(AE)its water was dried up, so that ^(AF)the way would be prepared for the kings ^(AG)from the ^[h]east. ¹³ Then I saw coming out of the mouth of the ^(AH)dragon and out of the mouth of the ^(AI)beast and out of the mouth of the ^(AJ)false prophet, three ^(AK)unclean spirits like ^(AL)frogs; ¹⁴ for they are ^(AM)spirits of demons, ^(AN)doing signs, which go out to the kings of the ^(AO)whole ^[i]world, to ^(AP)gather them together for the war of the ^(AQ)great day of God, the Almighty. ¹⁵ (“Behold, ^(AR)I am coming like a thief. ^(AS)Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his garments, ^(AT)so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”) ¹⁶ And they ^(AU)gathered them together to the place which ^(AV)in Hebrew is called ^[j](AW)Har-Magedon.

The Seventh Bowl

¹⁷ Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon ^(AX)the air, and a ^(AY)loud voice came out of the ^(AZ)sanctuary from the throne, saying, “^(BA)It is done.” ¹⁸ And there were flashes of ^(BB)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was ^(BC)a great earthquake, ^(BD)such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. ^19 (BE)And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the ^[k]nations fell. ^(BF)Babylon the great was ^(BG)remembered before God, to give her ^(BH)the cup of the wine of the wrath of His rage. ²⁰ And ^(BI)every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. ²¹ And ^(BJ)huge ^[l]hailstones, about one ^[m]talent each, *came down from heaven upon men; and men ^(BK)blasphemed God because of the ^(BL)plague of the hail, because its plague *was extremely ^[n]severe.