The First Six Bowls of Wrath 1 WBS And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. BSB BSB: Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
2 WBS And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast, and upon them who worshiped his image. BSB BSB: So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
3 WBS And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man : and every living soul died in the sea. BSB BSB: And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
4 WBS And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. BSB BSB: And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.
5 WBS And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, who art, and wast, and wilt be, because thou hast judged thus. BSB BSB: And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
6 WBS For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. BSB BSB: For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
7 WBS And I heard another from the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. BSB BSB: And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
8 WBS And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. BSB BSB: Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.
9 WBS And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. BSB BSB: And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
10 WBS And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, BSB BSB: And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish
11 WBS And blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. BSB BSB: and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.
12 WBS And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water of it was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. BSB BSB: And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.
13 WBS And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. BSB BSB: And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.
14 WBS For they are the spirits of demons, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. BSB BSB: These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
15 WBS Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. BSB BSB: “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
16 WBS And he gathered them into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. BSB BSB: And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
The Seventh Bowl of Wrath 17 WBS And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. BSB BSB: Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”
18 WBS And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as hath not been since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. BSB BSB: And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.
19 WBS And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. BSB BSB: The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
20 WBS And every isle fled away, and the mountains were not found. BSB BSB: Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.
21 WBS And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague of it was exceeding great. BSB BSB: And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
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