Revelation Chapter 16

Pouring Out the 7 Angels’ Bowls

¹ I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary, telling the seven angels, “Pour out the seven bowls of God’s anger on the earth.”

² The first poured out his bowl on the land. A foul, painful boil festered up on the ones that had the stamp of the beast and worshiped its image.

³ The second poured out his bowl on the ocean. It became like dead men’s blood. Everything in the ocean died.  

Rev 16:1-3

⁴ The third poured out his bowl on rivers and springs. They became blood. ⁵ I heard that angel say,

“You’re just, Holy One, who are and were,

for decreeing those judgments.

⁶ Because they poured out the blood of saints and prophets,

            you’ve given them blood to drink.

            That’s what they deserve!”

⁷ I heard the altar say,

                        “Yes, LORD God Almighty;

                                    your judgments are true and just.”                                                

Rev 16:4-7

            ⁸ The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it scorched people ⁹ with searing heat. They blasphemed God, who authorized those plagues; and they didn’t repent or praise him.

¹⁰ The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast. Its kingdom grew dark, and people gnawed their tongues in agony. ¹¹ They blasphemed God in their agony and sores, but they didn’t repent.                                   

Rev 16:8-11

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the big Euphrates River. It dried up so the kings in the East could cross it. ¹³ I saw three unclean spirits leap like frogs out of the mouths of the dragon, beast, and false prophet. ¹⁴ They were demons that performed signs, and they went to gather the kings of the world for war at the great day of God Almighty. ¹⁵ “I’m coming like a thief at night. Blessed are those who stay awake and dressed so they won’t be walking around naked, and people see their shame.” ¹⁶ He gathered them to a place called in Hebrew The Mound of Megiddo [Harmagedon]*.                                                                                                           

Rev 16:12-16

            ¹⁷ The seventh angel poured out his bowl on the air. A voice shouted out of the sanctuary from the throne, “It’s finished!” ¹⁸ There came lightning flashes, peals of thunder, and the most severe earthquake in history. ¹⁹ The great city ‘Babylon’ split into three parts, and the cities in the nations crumbled. God remembered to give ‘Babylon’ the Great his wine cup of fierce fury. ²⁰ The islands sank, and the mountains collapsed. ²¹ Enormous hailstones, weighing over 90 pounds, fell on people. They blasphemed God because the hailstone plague was so severe.