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| 16:1 |
Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God."
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| 16:2 |
So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth, and a foul and painful sore came on those who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its image.
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| 16:3 |
The second angel poured his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing in the sea died.
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| 16:4 |
The third angel poured his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.
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| 16:5 |
And I heard the angel of the waters say, "You are just, O Holy One, who are and were, for you have judged these things;
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| 16:6 |
because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!"
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| 16:7 |
And I heard the altar respond, "Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, your judgments are true and just!"
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| 16:8 |
The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch them with fire;
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| 16:9 |
they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.
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| 16:10 |
The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness; people gnawed their tongues in agony,
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| 16:11 |
and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, and they did not repent of their deeds.
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| 16:12 |
The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up in order to prepare the way for the kings from the east.
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| 16:13 |
And I saw three foul spirits like frogs coming from the mouth of the dragon, from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet.
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| 16:14 |
These are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
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| 16:15 |
("See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and is clothed, not going about naked and exposed to shame.")
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| 16:16 |
And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Harmagedon.
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| 16:17 |
The seventh angel poured his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, "It is done!"
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| 16:18 |
And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a violent earthquake, such as had not occurred since people were upon the earth, so violent was that earthquake.
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| 16:19 |
The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered great Babylon and gave her the wine-cup of the fury of his wrath.
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| 16:20 |
And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found;
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| 16:21 |
and huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, dropped from heaven on people, until they cursed God for the plague of the hail, so fearful was that plague.
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