1Then I heard a loud voice out of the sanctuary, saying to the seven2595 angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God upon the earth!”
2The first [angel2596] went, and poured out his bowl on the earth. [At once] a foul and painful sore came upon the people who had [received] the mark of the beast and who had expressed adoration2597 to his image.
3The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood, as the blood of a dead man, and in the sea, every living thing died.
4The third [angel] poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they too became blood. 5I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous,2598 the one who is, [and] who was, the Holy One,2599 because you have passed judgment. 6They poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.” 7And I heard2600 the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments!”
8The fourth [angel] poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch people with fire. 9They were scorched with great heat, and men blasphemed the Name of God who has the power over these plagues, but they did not repent and give him glory.
10The fifth [angel] poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. People gnawed their tongues in agony 11and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, but they did not repent of their works.
12The sixth [angel] poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates.2601 Its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings that come from the sunrise.2602 13Then I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14They are spirits of demons who perform [miraculous] signs and go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth,2603 to gather them for the war of that great day of God the Almighty.
15”Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who keeps watch and preserves his garments in order not to walk naked and be shamefully exposed.”
16And the kings2604 were gathered to the place which is called in Hebrew, Armageddon.2605
17The seventh [angel] poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the sanctuary of heaven,2606 from the throne, saying, “It is accomplished!” 18There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders. Then there was a great earthquake, such as had not taken place since there were humans on the earth, so great and so powerful. 19And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, so that she would be given the cup of wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 20Every island fled away and the mountains were not found. 21Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent,2607 fell from the sky on people, and they blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, because this plague is extremely severe.
Babylon the Great and the Beast
- TR omits “seven”
- Other manuscripts include “angel” in the main text (here and in verses 4-17)
- proskuneo can also be translated “worship (in the broad sense),” “venerate,” “fall down in reverence,” “do obeisance” (see NT introduction regarding proskuneo)
- TR adds “O Lord”
- TR reads “and who is to be” instead of “the Holy One”
- TR adds “another from”
- The river which protected and fed ancient Babylon
- Greek avnatolh/j h`li,ou
- TR reads “kings of earth and the whole inhabited world”
- Greek “they”
- Some manuscripts (MT) read “Megiddo”
- CT omits “of heaven”
- 1 talent is about 34 kilograms or 75 pounds
Text: The Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible, New Testament (EOB). Used with permission.
