the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Revelation 16
1 And I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go, pour out the seven phials of the wrath of God upon the earth.2 And the first went and poured out his phial upon the earth, and there came a grievous sore on the men that had the mark of the wild beast, and that worshiped his image.3 And the second poured out his phial upon the sea, and it became as the blood of a dead man, and every living soul in the sea died.4 And the third poured out his phial on the rivers and fountains of waters, and they became blood.5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, who art, and who wast, the Gracious one, because thou hast judged thus.6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. They are worthy.7 And I heard another from the altar, saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty; true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth poured out his phial upon the sun; and it was given him to scorch the men with fire.9 And the men were scorched exceedingly, and blasphemed the name of God, who had power over these plagues: but they repented not to give him glory.10 And the fifth poured out his phial upon the throne of the wild beast; and his kingdom was darkened.11 And they gnawed their tongues for pain, and blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains, and because of their sores, and repented not of their works.
12 And the sixth poured out his phial upon the great river Euphrates, and the water of it was dried up, that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.13 And I saw out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the wild beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs (They are spirits of devils,14 working miracles) go forth to the kings of the whole world, to gather them unto the battle of the great day of God, the Almighty.15 (Behold I come as a thief. Happy is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.)16 And they gathered them together to the place which is called in the Hebrew Armageddon.
17 And the seventh poured out his phial upon the air, and there went forth a loud voice out of the temple from the throne, saying, It is done.18 And there were lightnings, and voices, and a great earthquake; such as had not been since men were upon the earth, such an earthquake, so great.19 And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and Babylon the Great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.20 And every island fled, and the mountains were not found.21 And a great hail, every hail-stone about the weight of a talent, falleth out of heaven upon the men; and the men blasphemed God, because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceeding great.