Chapter 16

16AndIheardagreatvoiceoutofthetemplesayinguntothesevenmessengers,GoandpouroutthesevenbowlsofthefuryofGodintotheearth.
2Andthefirstwentandpouredouthisbowlintotheearth,andanevilandgrievoussorecameuponthemenwhohadthemarkofthebeastandthemwhoworshippedhisimage.
3Andthesecondpouredouthisbowlintothesea,anditbecameblood,asofadeadman,andeverylivinglifeᵖdied,thethingsinthesea.
4Andthethirdpouredouthisbowlintotheriversandthefountainsofwaters,andtheybecameblood.
5AndIheardthemessengerofthewaterssay,Righteousareyou,whoisandwhowas,OHolyᵘOne,becauseyouhavejudgedthesethings.
6Forthebloodofsaintsⁱandprophetstheyhavepouredout,andbloodyouhavegiventhemtodrink,worthyarethey.
7AndIheardthealtarsay,Yes,LordtheGodtheAlmighty,trueandrighteousareyourjudgments.
8Andthefourthpouredouthisbowlonthesun,anditwasgivenuntoittoscorchthemenwithfire.
9AndthemenwerescorchedwithgreatheatandblasphemedthenameofGod,whohasthepowerovertheseplagues,andtheyrepentednottogivehimglory.
10Andthefifthpouredouthisbowlonthethroneofthebeast,andhiskingdombecamedarkened,andtheygnawedtheirtonguesbecauseofthepain,
11andblasphemedtheGodofheavenbecauseoftheirpainsandbecauseoftheirsoresandrepentednotoftheirworks.
12AndthesixthpouredouthisbowlonthegreatriverEuphrates,andthewaterthereofwasdriedup,thatthewayofthekingsfromtherisingofthesunmaybeprepared.
13AndIsaw,outofthemouthofthedragon,andoutofthemouthofthebeast,andoutofthemouthofthefalseprophet,threeuncleanspiritsasfrogs.
14Fortheyarethespiritsofdemons,doingsigns,whichproceedsuntothekingsofthewholeinhabited-world,toassemblethemtothewarofthegreatdayofGod,theAlmighty.
15Behold,Icomeasathief.Blessedishewhowatchesandkeepshisgarments,lesthewalknaked,andtheyseehisshame.
16AndheassembledthemintotheplacecalledinHebrewHar-Magedon.
17Andtheseventhpouredouthisbowlontheair,andtherecameagreatvoiceoutofthetemple,fromthethrone,saying,Ithasbecome.
18Andtherewerelightnings,andvoices,andthunders,andtherewasagreatearthquake,suchaswasnotsincemanwasontheearth,ofsuchmagnitudeanearthquake,sogreat.
19Andthegreatcitybecamethreeparts,andthecitiesofthenationsfell.AndBabylonthegreatwasrememberedbeforeGod,togiveuntoherthecupofthewineofthefuryofhiswrath.
20Andeveryislandfled,andmountainswerenotfound.
21Andgreathail,asatalent-weight,camedownⁿoutofheavenonthemen,andthemenblasphemedGodbecauseoftheplagueofthehail,forgreatistheplaguethereofexceedingly.