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Then I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven^[a] bowls of God's wrath on the earth."

The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores^[b](a) broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

The second^[c] poured out his bowl into the sea. It turned to blood like a dead man's, and all life^[d] in the sea died.^(b)

The third^[e] poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.^(c)

I heard the angel of the waters say: You are righteous, who is and who was,^(d) the Holy One, for You have decided these things.

Because they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, You also gave them blood to drink; they deserve it!^(e)

Then I heard someone from the altar say: Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.^(f)

The fourth^[f] poured out his bowl on the sun. He^[g] was given the power^[h] to burn people with fire,

and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God,^(g) who had the power^[i] over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.

The fifth^[j] poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,^(h) and his kingdom was plunged into darkness.⁽ⁱ⁾ People^[k] gnawed their tongues because of their pain

and blasphemed the God of heaven^(j) because of their pains and their sores, yet they did not repent of their actions.

The sixth^[l] poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,^(k) and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs^(l) coming from the dragon's mouth,^(m) from the beast's mouth,⁽ⁿ⁾ and from the mouth of the false prophet.^(o)

For they are spirits of demons performing signs,^(p) who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle of the great day of God, the Almighty.^(q)

"Look, I am coming like a thief. The one who is alert and remains clothed ^[m](r) so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame ^(s) is blessed." ^(t)

So they assembled them at the place called in Hebrew, Armagedon.^[n][o](u)

Then the seventh^[p] poured out his bowl into the air,^[q] and a loud voice came out of the sanctuary^[r](v) from the throne, saying, "It is done!"

There were flashes of lightning and rumblings of thunder. And a severe earthquake occurred like no other since man has been on the earth—so great was the quake.^(w)

The great city^(x) split into three parts, and the cities of the nations^[s] fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in God's presence; He gave her the cup filled with the wine of His fierce anger.^(y)

Every island fled, and the mountains disappeared.^[t](z)

Enormous hailstones, each weighing about 100 pounds,^[u] fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God^(aa) for the plague of hail because that plague was extremely severe.^(ab)