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Murdock Translation
Revelation 16
1 And I heard a voice, which said to the seven angels: Go forth, and pour those seven cups of the wrath of God upon the earth.2 And the first went, and poured his cup upon the earth; and there was a malignant and painful ulcer upon those men who had the mark of the beast of prey, and who worshipped its image.3 And the second angel poured his cup upon the sea; and it became blood, like that of a dead person; and every living soul of things in the sea, died.4 And the third angel poured his cup upon the rivers and the fountains of water; and they became blood.5 And I heard the angel of the waters say: Righteous art thou, who art and who wast, and art holy; because thou hast done this judgment.6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets; and thou hast given them blood to drink, for they deserve it.7 7 And I heard [fn] the altar say: Yes, Lord God Almighty: true and righteous is thy judgment.
8 And the fourth poured his cup upon the sun: and it was permitted him, to scorch men with fire.9 And men were scorched with great heat; and men blasphemed the name of God, who hath authority over these plagues; and they repented not, to give glory to him.10 And the fifth poured his cup on the throne of the beast of prey; and his kingdom became darkness; and they gnawed their tongues, from pain;11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven, on account of their pains and their ulcers, and did not repent of their deeds.
12 And the sixth poured his cup upon the great river Euphrates; and its waters dried up, so that a way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.13 And I saw [fn] from the mouth of the dragon, and from the mouth of the beast of prey, and from the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs: 14 (for they are the spirits of demons, who work prodigies;) and they go forth to all the kings of all the habitable world, to gather them to the battle of the great day of God Almighty.15 (And lo, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments; lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)16 And they collected them together in a place called, in Hebrew, Armageddon.
17 And the seventh poured his cup on the air; and there issued a loud voice from the temple, from the throne, which said: It is done!18 And there were lightnings, and thunders, and voices; and there was a great earthquake, the like of which there was never, since men were on the earth, such an earthquake, and so great.19 And the great city became three parts. And the city of the nations fell; and Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the heat of his wrath.20 And every island fled away; and the mountains were not found.21 And a great hail, as it were of a talent weight, fell from heaven upon men: and the men blasphemed God, on account of the plague of hail; for the plague of it was very great.
