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The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath

¹ 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.