Revelation 16

1 Then I heard a loud voice, which came from the Temple, saying to the seven angels — ‘Go and empty the seven bowls of the Wrath of God upon the earth.’

I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!”

2 The first angel went and emptied his bowl upon the earth; and it turned to loathsome and painful sores upon all who bore the brand of the Beast and who worshiped its image.

The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and painful sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.

3 Then the second angel emptied his bowl upon the sea; and it turned to blood like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died — everything in the sea.

The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.

4 Then the third angel emptied his bowl upon the rivers and springs of water; and it turned to blood.

The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.

5 And I heard the Angel of the Waters saying — ‘Righteous art thou, thou who art and who wast, the Holy One, in inflicting this judgment;

I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, who are and who were, O Holy One, because you have judged these things.

6 for men shed the blood of Christ’s People and of the Prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve.’

For they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”

7 And I heard the response from the altar — ‘Yes, O Lord, our God, the Almighty, true and righteous are they judgments.’

I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”

8 Then the fourth angel emptied his bowl upon the sun; and he was permitted to scorch men with fire;

The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire.

9 and men were scorched by the intense heat. They blasphemed the Name of God who controlled these Curses, yet they did not repent and give him praise.

People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

10 Then the fifth angel emptied his bowl upon the throne of the Beast; and darkness fell upon its Kingdom. Men gnawed their tongues for pain,

The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain,

11 and blasphemed the God of Heaven, because of their pains and because of their sores; yet they did not repent of what they had done.

and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They still did not repent of their works.

12 Then the sixth angel emptied his bowl upon the great river Euphrates; and the water in the river was dried up, so that the road for the Kings of the East might be made ready.

The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.

13 And I saw three foul spirits, like frogs, come from the mouth of the Dragon and from the mouth of the Beast and from the mouth of the false Prophet.

I saw 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, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;

14 They are the spirits of demons, and perform marvels; they go to kings all over the world, to collect them for the battle on the Great Day of Almighty God.

for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God the Almighty.

15 (‘I am coming like a thief! Happy will he be who is on the watch, and keeps his clothing at hand, so that he will not have to walk about unclothed and let men see his nakedness.’)

“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he does not walk naked, and they see his shame.”

16 And the spirits collected the kings at the place called in Hebrew ‘Har-Magedon.’

He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, “Harmagedon”.

17 Then the seventh Angel emptied his bowl upon the air. (A loud voice came from the throne in the Temple; it said ‘All is over.’)

The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”

18 There followed ‘flashes of lightning, cries, and peals of thunder’; and there was a great earthquake, such as had not occurred since man began to be upon the earth — none so great;

There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake such as has not happened since there were men on the earth—so great an earthquake and so mighty.

19 and the great City was torn in three, and the cities of the nation fell, and God remembered Babylon the Great, and gave her the maddening wine-cup of his Wrath;

The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

20 and every island vanished, and the mountains disappeared.

Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

21 Great hailstones, a pound in weight, are falling upon men from the heavens. And men blasphemed God because of the Curse of the hail, for it was a very terrible Curse.

Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague was exceedingly severe.