New American Standard Bible 1995
Revelation 16:2-21
2So the first angel went and poured out his bowl 12on the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant 3sore on the 4people 5who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.
3The second angel poured out his bowl 6into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living 7thing in the sea died.
4Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the 8rivers and the springs of waters; and they 9became blood. 5And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “10Righteous are You, 11who are and who were, O 12Holy One, because You 13judged these things; 6for they poured out 14the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them 15blood to drink. They 16deserve it.” 7And I heard 17the altar saying, “Yes, O 18Lord God, the Almighty, 19true and righteous are Your judgments.”
8The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon 20the sun, 21and it was given to it to scorch men with fire. 9Men were scorched with 22fierce heat; and they 23blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they 24did not repent so as to 25give Him glory.
10Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the 26throne of the beast, and his kingdom became 27darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, 11and they 28blasphemed the 29God of heaven because of their pains and their 30sores; and they 31did not repent of their deeds.
12The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the 32great river, the Euphrates; and 33its water was dried up, so that 34the way would be prepared for the kings 35from the 36east. 13And I saw coming out of the mouth of the 37dragon and out of the mouth of the 38beast and out of the mouth of the 39false prophet, three 40unclean spirits like 41frogs; 14for they are 42spirits of demons, 43performing signs, which go out to the kings of the 44whole 45world, to 46gather them together for the war of the 47great day of God, the Almighty. 15(“Behold, 48I am coming like a thief. 49Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, 50so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”) 16And they 51gathered them together to the place which 52in Hebrew is called 5354Har-Magedon.
17Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon 55the air, and a 56loud voice came out of the 5758temple from the throne, saying, “59It is done.” 18And there were flashes of 60lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was 61a great earthquake, 62such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. 1963The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the 64nations fell. 65Babylon the great was 66remembered before God, to give her 67the cup of the wine of 68His fierce wrath. 20And 69every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21And 70huge 71hailstones, about 72one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men 73blasphemed God because of the 74plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely 75severe.
Notes
- 1. Revelation 16:2 Lit into ↩
- 2. Revelation 16:2 Rev 8:7 ↩
- 3. Revelation 16:2 Ex 9:9-11; Deut 28:35; Rev 16:11 ↩
- 4. Revelation 16:2 Gr anthropoi ↩
- 5. Revelation 16:2 Rev 13:15-17; 14:9 ↩
- 6. Revelation 16:3 Ex 7:17-21; Rev 8:8f; 11:6 ↩
- 7. Revelation 16:3 Lit soul ↩
- 8. Revelation 16:4 Rev 8:10 ↩
- 9. Revelation 16:4 Ex 7:17-20; Ps 78:44; Rev 11:6 ↩
- 10. Revelation 16:5 John 17:25 ↩
- 11. Revelation 16:5 Rev 11:17 ↩
- 12. Revelation 16:5 Rev 15:4 ↩
- 13. Revelation 16:5 Rev 6:10 ↩
- 14. Revelation 16:6 Rev 17:6; 18:24 ↩
- 15. Revelation 16:6 Is 49:26; Luke 11:49-51 ↩
- 16. Revelation 16:6 Lit are worthy ↩
- 17. Revelation 16:7 Rev 6:9; 14:18 ↩
- 18. Revelation 16:7 Rev 1:8 ↩
- 19. Revelation 16:7 Rev 15:3; 19:2 ↩
- 20. Revelation 16:8 Rev 6:12 ↩
- 21. Revelation 16:8 Rev 14:18 ↩
- 22. Revelation 16:9 Lit great ↩
- 23. Revelation 16:9 Rev 16:11, 21 ↩
- 24. Revelation 16:9 Rev 2:21 ↩
- 25. Revelation 16:9 Rev 11:13 ↩
- 26. Revelation 16:10 Rev 13:2 ↩
- 27. Revelation 16:10 Ex 10:21f; Is 8:22; Rev 8:12; 9:2 ↩
- 28. Revelation 16:11 Rev 16:9, 21 ↩
- 29. Revelation 16:11 Rev 11:13 ↩
- 30. Revelation 16:11 Rev 16:2 ↩
- 31. Revelation 16:11 Rev 2:21 ↩
- 32. Revelation 16:12 Rev 9:14 ↩
- 33. Revelation 16:12 Is 11:15f; 44:27; Jer 51:36 ↩
- 34. Revelation 16:12 Is 41:2, 25; 46:11 ↩
- 35. Revelation 16:12 Rev 7:2 ↩
- 36. Revelation 16:12 Lit rising of the sun ↩
- 37. Revelation 16:13 Rev 12:3 ↩
- 38. Revelation 16:13 Rev 13:1 ↩
- 39. Revelation 16:13 Rev 13:11, 14; 19:20; 20:10 ↩
- 40. Revelation 16:13 Rev 18:2 ↩
- 41. Revelation 16:13 Ex 8:6 ↩
- 42. Revelation 16:14 1 Tim 4:1 ↩
- 43. Revelation 16:14 Rev 13:13 ↩
- 44. Revelation 16:14 Rev 3:10 ↩
- 45. Revelation 16:14 Lit inhabited earth ↩
- 46. Revelation 16:14 1 Kin 22:21-23; Rev 17:14; 19:19; 20:8 ↩
- 47. Revelation 16:14 Rev 6:17 ↩
- 48. Revelation 16:15 Matt 24:43f; Luke 12:39f; Rev 3:3, 11 ↩
- 49. Revelation 16:15 Luke 12:37 ↩
- 50. Revelation 16:15 Rev 3:18 ↩
- 51. Revelation 16:16 Rev 19:19 ↩
- 52. Revelation 16:16 Rev 9:11 ↩
- 53. Revelation 16:16 Two early mss read Armagedon ↩
- 54. Revelation 16:16 Judg 5:19; 2 Kin 23:29f; 2 Chr 35:22; Zech 12:11 ↩
- 55. Revelation 16:17 Eph 2:2 ↩
- 56. Revelation 16:17 Rev 11:15 ↩
- 57. Revelation 16:17 Or sanctuary ↩
- 58. Revelation 16:17 Rev 14:15 ↩
- 59. Revelation 16:17 Rev 10:6; 21:6 ↩
- 60. Revelation 16:18 Rev 4:5 ↩
- 61. Revelation 16:18 Rev 6:12 ↩
- 62. Revelation 16:18 Dan 12:1; Matt 24:21 ↩
- 63. Revelation 16:19 Rev 11:8; 17:18; 18:10, 18f, 21 ↩
- 64. Revelation 16:19 Or Gentiles ↩
- 65. Revelation 16:19 Rev 14:8 ↩
- 66. Revelation 16:19 Rev 18:5 ↩
- 67. Revelation 16:19 Rev 14:10 ↩
- 68. Revelation 16:19 Lit wrath of His anger ↩
- 69. Revelation 16:20 Rev 6:14; 20:11 ↩
- 70. Revelation 16:21 Rev 8:7; 11:19 ↩
- 71. Revelation 16:21 Lit hail ↩
- 72. Revelation 16:21 Lit the weight of a talent ↩
- 73. Revelation 16:21 Rev 16:9, 11 ↩
- 74. Revelation 16:21 Ex 9:18-25 ↩
- 75. Revelation 16:21 Lit great ↩
Commentaries on Revelation 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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