Chapter 16

16AndIheardagreatvoiceoutofthetemplesayinguntothesevenmessengers,GoandpouroutthesevenvialsofthefuryofGodintotheearth.
2Andthefirstwentandpouredouthisvialintotheearth,andanevilandgrievoussorecameuponthemenwhohadthemarkofthebeastandthemwhoworshippedhisimage.
3Andthesecondpouredouthisvialintothesea,anditbecameblood,asofadeadman,andeverylivinglifeᵖdied,thethingsinthesea.
4Andthethirdpouredouthisvialintotheriversandthefountainsofwaters,andtheybecameblood.
5AndIheardthemessengerofthewaterssay,Righteousareyou,whoisandwhowas,OHolyᵘOne,becauseyouhavejudgedthesethings.
6Fortheyhavepouredoutthebloodofsaintsⁱandprophets,andyouhavegiventhembloodtodrink,worthyarethey.
7AndIheardthealtarsay,Yes,LordtheGodtheAlmighty,trueandrighteousareyourjudgments.
8Andthefourthpouredouthisvialonthesun,anditwasgivenuntoittoscorchthemenwithfire.
9AndthemenwerescorchedwithgreatheatandblasphemedthenameofGod,whohasthepowerovertheseplagues,andtheyrepentednottogivehimglory.
10Andthefifthpouredouthisvialonthethroneofthebeast,andhiskingdombecamedarkened,andtheygnawedtheirtonguesbecauseofthepain,
11andblasphemedtheGodofheavenbecauseoftheirpainsandbecauseoftheirsoresandrepentednotoftheirworks.
12AndthesixthpouredouthisvialonthegreatriverEuphrates,andthewaterthereofwasdriedup,thatthewayofthekingsfromtherisingofthesunmaybeprepared.
13AndIsaw,outofthemouthofthedragon,andoutofthemouthofthebeast,andoutofthemouthofthefalseprophet,threeuncleanspiritsasfrogs.
14Fortheyarethespiritsofdemons,doingsigns,whichproceedsuntothekingsofthewholeinhabited-world,toassemblethemtothewarofthegreatdayofGod,theAlmighty.
15Behold,Icomeasathief.Blessedishewhowatchesandkeepshisgarments,lesthewalknaked,andtheyseehisshame.
16AndheassembledthemintotheplacecalledintheHebrewtongueHar-Magedon.
17Andtheseventhpouredouthisvialontheair,andtherecameagreatvoiceoutofthetemple,fromthethrone,saying,Ithasbecome.
18Andtherewerelightnings,andvoices,andthunders,andtherewasagreatearthquake,suchaswasnotsincemanwasontheearth,ofsuchmagnitudeanearthquake,sogreat.
19Andthegreatcitywasdividedintothreeparts,andthecitiesofthenationsfell.AndgreatBabylonwasrememberedbeforeGod,togiveuntoherthecupofthewineofthefuryofhiswrath.
20Andeveryislandfled,andmountainswerenotfound.
21Andgreathail,asatalent-weight,camedownⁿoutofheavenonthemen,andthemenblasphemedGodbecauseoftheplagueofthehail,fortheplaguethereofisexceedinglygreat.