A Vision of a Flying Scroll

5 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying ^(A)scroll! ² And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying ^(B)scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.”^{[a] 3} Then he said to me, “This is ^(C)the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who ^(D)steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who ^(E)swears falsely^[b] shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. ⁴ I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of ^(F)him who swears falsely by my name. And ^(G)it shall remain in his house and ^(H)consume it, both timber and stones.”

A Vision of a Woman in a Basket

^5 (I)Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, ^(J)“Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” ⁶ And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is ^(K)the basket^[c] that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity^[d] in all the land.” ⁷ And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! ⁸ And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down ^(L)the leaden weight on its opening.

⁹ Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! ^(M)The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. ¹⁰ Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” ¹¹ He said to me, “To the ^(N)land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”

The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath

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

² So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful ^(D)sores came upon the people who bore ^(E)the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

³ The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and ^(F)it became like the blood of a corpse, and ^(G)every living thing died that was in the sea.

⁴ The third angel poured out his bowl into ^(H)the rivers and the springs of water, and ^(I)they became blood. ⁵ And I heard the angel in charge of the waters^[a] say,

⁷ And I heard ^(P)the altar saying,

⁸ The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people ^(R)with fire. ⁹ They were scorched by the fierce heat, and ^(S)they cursed^[b] the name of God who had power over these plagues. ^(T)They did not repent ^(U)and give him glory.

¹⁰ The fifth angel poured out his bowl on ^(V)the throne of the beast, and ^(W)its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish ¹¹ and cursed ^(X)the God of heaven for their pain and ^(Y)sores. ^(Z)They did not repent of their deeds.

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on ^(AA)the great river Euphrates, and ^(AB)its water was dried up, ^(AC)to prepare the way for the kings ^(AD)from the east. ¹³ And I saw, coming out of the mouth of ^(AE)the dragon and out of the mouth of ^(AF)the beast and out of the mouth of ^(AG)the false prophet, three ^(AH)unclean spirits like ^(AI)frogs. ¹⁴ For they are ^(AJ)demonic spirits, ^(AK)performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, ^(AL)to assemble them for battle on ^(AM)the great day of God the Almighty. ¹⁵ (“Behold, ^(AN)I am coming like a thief! ^(AO)Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, ^(AP)that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”) ¹⁶ And ^(AQ)they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called ^(AR)Armageddon.

The Seventh Bowl

¹⁷ The seventh angel poured out his bowl into ^(AS)the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, ^(AT)“It is done!” ¹⁸ And there were ^(AU)flashes of lightning, rumblings,^[c] peals of thunder, and ^(AV)a great earthquake ^(AW)such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake. ^19 (AX)The great city ^(AY)was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God ^(AZ)remembered ^(BA)Babylon the great, ^(BB)to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. ²⁰ And ^(BC)every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found. ²¹ And ^(BD)great hailstones, about one hundred pounds^[d] each, fell from heaven on people; and ^(BE)they cursed God for ^(BF)the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.

The Great Prostitute and the Beast

17 Then ^(BG)one of the seven angels who had ^(BH)the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of ^(BI)the great prostitute ^(BJ)who is seated on many waters, ^2 (BK)with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and ^(BL)with the wine of whose sexual immorality ^(BM)the dwellers on earth have become drunk.” ³ And ^(BN)he carried me away in the Spirit ^(BO)into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on ^(BP)a scarlet beast that was full of ^(BQ)blasphemous names, and ^(BR)it had seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ The woman ^(BS)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned ^(BT)with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand ^(BU)a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. ⁵ And on her forehead was written a name of ^(BV)mystery: ^(BW)“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.” ⁶ And I saw the woman, drunk ^(BX)with the blood of the saints, the blood of ^(BY)the martyrs of Jesus.^[e]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly. ⁷ But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you ^(BZ)the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her. ⁸ The beast that you saw ^(CA)was, and is not, and ^(CB)is about to rise from ^(CC)the bottomless pit^[f] and ^(CD)go to destruction. And ^(CE)the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in ^(CF)the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because ^(CG)it was and is not and is to come. ^9 (CH)This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; ¹⁰ they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while. ¹¹ As for the beast ^(CI)that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction. ¹² And ^(CJ)the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings ^(CK)for one hour, together with the beast. ¹³ These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast. ¹⁴ They ^(CL)will make war on the Lamb, and ^(CM)the Lamb will conquer them, for he is ^(CN)Lord of lords and ^(CO)King of kings, and those with him are ^(CP)called and chosen and faithful.”

¹⁵ And the angel^[g] said to me, ^(CQ)“The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. ¹⁶ And ^(CR)the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast ^(CS)will hate the prostitute. They will make her ^(CT)desolate and ^(CU)naked, and ^(CV)devour her flesh and ^(CW)burn her up with fire, ¹⁷ for ^(CX)God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and ^(CY)handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. ¹⁸ And the woman that you saw is ^(CZ)the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”

The Fall of Babylon

18 After this I saw ^(DA)another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and ^(DB)the earth was made bright with his glory. ² And he called out with a mighty voice,

⁴ Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

⁹ And ^(DU)the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, ^(DV)will weep and wail over her ^(DW)when they see the smoke of her burning. ^10 (DX)They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,

¹¹ And ^(EA)the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, ¹² cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble, ¹³ cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.^[i]

^15 (EB)The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, ^(EC)will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,

And ^(EG)all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off ¹⁸ and ^(EH)cried out ^(EI)as they saw the smoke of her burning,

¹⁹ And they threw ^(EK)dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,

²¹ Then ^(EQ)a mighty angel ^(ER)took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,