Revelation 16

¹ Then I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary cal ing to the seven angels, 'Go, and empty the sevenbowls of God's anger over the earth.'

² The first angel went and emptied his bowl over the earth; at once, on al the people who had beenbranded with the mark of the beast and had worshipped its statue, there came disgusting and virulent sores.

³ The second angel emptied his bowl over the sea, and it turned to blood, like the blood of a corpse, andevery living creature in the sea died.

⁴ The third angel emptied his bowl into the rivers and springs of water and they turned into blood.

⁵ Then I heard the angel of water say, 'You are the Upright One, He who is, He who was, the Holy One,for giving this verdict:

⁶ they spilt the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood is what you have given them to drink; it iswhat they deserve.'

⁷ And I heard the altar itself say, 'Truly, Lord God Almighty, the punishments you give are true and just.'

⁸ The fourth angel emptied his bowl over the sun and it was made to scorch people with its flames;

⁹ but though people were scorched by the fierce heat of it, they cursed the name of God who had thepower to cause such plagues, and they would not repent and glorify him.

¹⁰ The fifth angel emptied his bowl over the throne of the beast and its whole empire was plunged intodarkness. People were biting their tongues for pain,

¹¹ but instead of repenting for what they had done, they cursed the God of heaven because of theirpains and sores.

¹² The sixth angel emptied his bowl over the great river Euphrates; al the water dried up so that a waywas made for the kings of the East to come in.

¹³ Then from the jaws of dragon and beast and false prophet I saw three foul spirits come; they lookedlike frogs

¹⁴ and in fact were demon spirits, able to work miracles, going out to al the kings of the world to callthem together for the war of the Great Day of God the Almighty.-

¹⁵ Look, I shall come like a thief. Blessed is anyone who has kept watch, and has kept his clothes on,so that he does not go out naked and expose his shame.-

¹⁶ They cal ed the kings together at the place cal ed, in Hebrew, Armageddon.

¹⁷ The seventh angel emptied his bowl into the air, and a great voice boomed out from the sanctuary,'The end has come.'

¹⁸ Then there were flashes of lightning and peals of thunder and a violent earthquake, unparalleledsince humanity first came into existence.

¹⁹ The Great City was split into three parts and the cities of the world col apsed; Babylon the Great wasnot forgotten: God made her drink the ful winecup of his retribution.

²⁰ Every island vanished and the mountains disappeared;

²¹ and hail, with great hailstones weighing a talent each, fel from the sky on the people. They cursedGod for sending a plague of hail; it was the most terrible plague.