Chapter 16 (CV)
1 And I hear a loud voice out of the temple, saying to
the seven messengers, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the fury of God into the
land."
2 And forth came the first, and he pours out his bowl
into the land. And an evil and malignant ulcer came on those of mankind who have the
emblem of the wild beast, and worship its image.
3 And the second pours out his bowl into the sea. And it
became blood as if of a dead man. And every living soul died which is in the sea.
4 And the third pours out his bowl into the rivers and
the springs of water. And it became blood.
5 And I hear the messenger of the waters saying,
"Just art Thou, Who art, and Who wast, Benign One, seeing that Thou judgest these,
6 for they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and
Thou dost give them blood to drink, even what they are deserving!"
7 And I hear the altar saying, "Yea, Lord God
Almighty, true and just are Thy judgings!"
8 And the fourth messenger pours out his bowl on the sun.
And it was given to him to scorch mankind with fire.
9 And mankind is scorched with great heat, and they
blaspheme the name of God, Who has the jurisdiction over these calamities, and they do not
repent, to give Him glory.
10 And the fifth pours out his bowl on the throne of the
wild beast. And its kingdom became dark; and they gnawed their tongues for misery
11 and blaspheme the God of heaven for their miseries and
for their ulcers; and they do not repent of their acts.
12 And the sixth pours out his bowl on the great river
Euphrates. And its water is dried up that the road of the kings from the orient may be
made ready.
13 And I perceived, out of the mouth of the dragon, and
out of the mouth of the wild beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet,
14 three unclean spirits, as if frogs (for they are
spirits of demons, doing signs), which are going out to the kings of the whole inhabited
earth, to be mobilizing them for the battle of the great day of God Almighty.
15 ("Lo! I am coming as a thief! Happy is he who is
watching and keeping his garments, that he may not be walking naked and they may be
observing his indecency!")
16 And they mobilized them at the place called, in
Hebrew, "Armageddon."
17 And the seventh messenger pours out his bowl on the
air. And a loud voice came out of the temple of God, saying, "It has occurred!"
18 And lightnings and voices and thunders occurred. And a
great earthquake occurred, such as did not occur since mankind came to be on the earth; of
such proportions was the quake and so great.
19 And the great city came to be divided into three
parts; and the cities of the nations fall. And Babylon the great is brought to remembrance
in the sight of God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His indignation.
20 And every island fled, and the mountains were not
found.
21 And hail, large as a talent weight, is descending out
of heaven on mankind. And men blaspheme God as a result of the calamity of hail, for great
is its calamity-tremendous! |
Chapter 16 (KJV)
1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying
to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the
earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the
earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the
beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea;
and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers
and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art
righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,
and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord
God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun;
and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed
the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him
glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat
of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for
pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their
pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great
river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east
might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of
the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles,
which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the
battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that
watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in
the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the
air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It
is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings;
and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty
an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and
the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give
unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not
found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven,
every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of
the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. |