New American Standard Bible 2020

Revelation 16:2-21

2So the first angel went and poured out his bowl 1on the earth; and a harmful and painful 2sore 3afflicted the people 4who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

3The second angel poured out his bowl 5into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living 6thing in the sea died.

4Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the 7rivers and the springs of waters; and they 8became blood. 5And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “9Righteous are You, 10the One who is and who was, O 11Holy One, because You 12judged these things; 6for they poured out 13the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them 14blood to drink. They 15deserve it.” 7And I heard 16the altar saying, “Yes, 17Lord God, the Almighty, 18true and righteous are Your judgments.”

8And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon 19the sun, 20and it was given power to scorch people with fire. 9And the people were scorched with 21fierce heat; and they 22blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they 23did not repent so as to 24give Him glory.

10And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the 25throne of the beast, and his kingdom became 26darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, 11and they 27blasphemed the 28God of heaven because of their pain and their 29sores; and they 30did not repent of their deeds.

12The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the 31great river, the Euphrates; and 32its water was dried up, so that 33the way would be prepared for the kings 34from the 35east. 13And I saw coming out of the mouth of the 36dragon, and out of the mouth of the 37beast, and out of the mouth of the 38false prophet, three 39unclean spirits like 40frogs; 14for they are 41spirits of demons, 42performing signs, which go out to the kings of the 43entire 44world, to 45gather them together for the war of the 46great day of God, the Almighty. 15(“Behold, 47I am coming like a thief. 48Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, 49so that he will not walk about naked and people will not see his shame.”) 16And they 50gathered them together to the place which 51in Hebrew is called 52Har-Magedon.

17Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon 53the air, and a 54loud voice came out of the 55 56temple from the throne, saying, “57It is done.” 18And there were flashes of 58lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was 59a great earthquake, 60such as there had not been since mankind came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. 19 61The great city 62was split into three parts, and the cities of the 63nations fell. 64Babylon the great was 65remembered in the sight of God, to give her 66the cup of the wine of 67His fierce wrath. 20And 68every island fled, and no mountains were found. 21And 69huge 70hailstones, weighing about 71a talent each, came down from heaven upon people; and people 72blasphemed God because of the 73plague of the hail, because 74the hailstone plague was extremely 75severe.

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Notes

1. Revelation 16:2 Rev 8:7 ↩
2. Revelation 16:2 Ex 9:9-11; Deut 28:35; Rev 16:11 ↩
3. Revelation 16:2 Lit came upon ↩
4. Revelation 16:2 Rev 13:15-17; 14:9 ↩
5. Revelation 16:3 Ex 7:17-21; Rev 8:8f; 11:6 ↩
6. Revelation 16:3 Lit soul ↩
7. Revelation 16:4 Rev 8:10 ↩
8. Revelation 16:4 Ex 7:17-20; Ps 78:44; Rev 11:6 ↩
9. Revelation 16:5 John 17:25 ↩
10. Revelation 16:5 Rev 11:17 ↩
11. Revelation 16:5 Rev 15:4 ↩
12. Revelation 16:5 Rev 6:10 ↩
13. Revelation 16:6 Rev 17:6; 18:24 ↩
14. Revelation 16:6 Is 49:26; Luke 11:49-51 ↩
15. Revelation 16:6 Lit are worthy ↩
16. Revelation 16:7 Rev 6:9; 14:18 ↩
17. Revelation 16:7 Rev 1:8 ↩
18. Revelation 16:7 Rev 15:3; 19:2 ↩
19. Revelation 16:8 Rev 6:12 ↩
20. Revelation 16:8 Rev 14:18 ↩
21. Revelation 16:9 Lit great ↩
22. Revelation 16:9 Rev 16:11, 21 ↩
23. Revelation 16:9 Rev 2:21 ↩
24. Revelation 16:9 Rev 11:13 ↩
25. Revelation 16:10 Rev 13:2 ↩
26. Revelation 16:10 Ex 10:21f; Is 8:22; Rev 8:12; 9:2 ↩
27. Revelation 16:11 Rev 16:9, 21 ↩
28. Revelation 16:11 Rev 11:13 ↩
29. Revelation 16:11 Rev 16:2 ↩
30. Revelation 16:11 Rev 2:21 ↩
31. Revelation 16:12 Rev 9:14 ↩
32. Revelation 16:12 Is 11:15f; 44:27; Jer 51:36 ↩
33. Revelation 16:12 Is 41:2, 25; 46:11 ↩
34. Revelation 16:12 Rev 7:2 ↩
35. Revelation 16:12 Lit rising of the sun ↩
36. Revelation 16:13 Rev 12:3 ↩
37. Revelation 16:13 Rev 13:1 ↩
38. Revelation 16:13 Rev 13:11, 14; 19:20; 20:10 ↩
39. Revelation 16:13 Rev 18:2 ↩
40. Revelation 16:13 Ex 8:6 ↩
41. Revelation 16:14 1 Tim 4:1 ↩
42. Revelation 16:14 Rev 13:13 ↩
43. Revelation 16:14 Rev 3:10 ↩
44. Revelation 16:14 Lit inhabited earth ↩
45. Revelation 16:14 1 Kin 22:21-23; Rev 17:14; 19:19; 20:8 ↩
46. Revelation 16:14 Rev 6:17 ↩
47. Revelation 16:15 Matt 24:43f; Luke 12:39f; Rev 3:3, 11 ↩
48. Revelation 16:15 Luke 12:37 ↩
49. Revelation 16:15 Rev 3:18 ↩
50. Revelation 16:16 Rev 19:19 ↩
51. Revelation 16:16 Rev 9:11 ↩
52. Revelation 16:16 Judg 5:19; 2 Kin 23:29f; 2 Chr 35:22; Zech 12:11 ↩
53. Revelation 16:17 Eph 2:2 ↩
54. Revelation 16:17 Rev 11:15 ↩
55. Revelation 16:17 Or sanctuary ↩
56. Revelation 16:17 Rev 14:15 ↩
57. Revelation 16:17 Rev 10:6; 21:6 ↩
58. Revelation 16:18 Rev 4:5 ↩
59. Revelation 16:18 Rev 6:12 ↩
60. Revelation 16:18 Dan 12:1; Matt 24:21 ↩
61. Revelation 16:19 Rev 11:8; 17:18; 18:10, 18f, 21 ↩
62. Revelation 16:19 Lit became three ↩
63. Revelation 16:19 Or Gentiles ↩
64. Revelation 16:19 Rev 14:8 ↩
65. Revelation 16:19 Rev 18:5 ↩
66. Revelation 16:19 Rev 14:10 ↩
67. Revelation 16:19 Lit wrath of His anger ↩
68. Revelation 16:20 Rev 6:14; 20:11 ↩
69. Revelation 16:21 Rev 8:7; 11:19 ↩
70. Revelation 16:21 Lit hail ↩
71. Revelation 16:21 I.e., as a measure of weight about 100 lb. or 45 kg ↩
72. Revelation 16:21 Rev 16:9, 11 ↩
73. Revelation 16:21 Ex 9:18-25 ↩
74. Revelation 16:21 Lit its plague ↩
75. Revelation 16:21 Lit great ↩

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