The First Bowl

Revelation 16   

1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, w “Go and pour out the seven X bowls x of God’s wrath on the earth.” 2 The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores y broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its image.

The Second Bowl

3 The second Y poured out his bowl into the sea. It turned to blood like that of a dead person, and all life in the sea died. z

The Third Bowl

4 The third Z poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. a 5 I heard the angel of the waters say,

You are just,

the Holy One, b who is and who was, c

because you have passed judgment on these things.

6   Because they poured out

the blood of the saints and the prophets, d

you have given them blood to drink;

they deserve it! e

7 I heard the altar say,

Yes, Lord God, the Almighty,

true and just are your judgments. f

The Fourth Bowl

8 The fourth A poured out his bowl on the sun. It was allowed to scorch people with fire, 9 and people were scorched by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, g who has the power B over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory. h

The Fifth Bowl

10 The fifth C poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, i and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. j People D gnawed their tongues because of their pain 11 and blasphemed the God of heaven k because of their pains and their sores, but they did not repent of their works.

The Sixth Bowl

12 The sixth E poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, l and its water was dried up m to prepare the way for the kings from the east. 13 Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs n coming from the dragon’s mouth, o from the beast’s mouth, p and from the mouth of the false prophet. q 14 For they are demonic spirits performing signs, r who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them s for the battle on the great day of God, the Almighty. t 15 “Look, I am coming like a thief. Blessed u is the one who is alert and remains clothed F,v so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame.” w 16 So they assembled the kings at the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon. G,x

The Seventh Bowl

17 Then the seventh H poured out his bowl into the air, I and a loud voice came out of the temple J,y from the throne, saying, “It is done! ” 18 There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. And a severe earthquake occurred like no other since people have been on the earth, so great was the quake. z 19 The great city a split into three parts, and the cities of the nations K fell. Babylon the Great was remembered in God’s presence; he gave her the cup filled with the wine of his fierce anger. b 20 Every island fled, and the mountains disappeared. c 21 Enormous hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, L fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God d for the plague of hail because that plague was extremely severe. e