Revelation 16

1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple say to the seven angels: Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God's anger.

2The first angel poured his bowl onto the earth. Painful, foul-smelling sores broke out on people who took the beast's mark! Sores broke out on everyone who worshiped its image.

3The second angel poured his bowl into the sea. The ocean turned into thick, rotting blood like a corpse! Every single living creature in the sea died.

4The third angel poured his bowl onto the rivers and springs. All the fresh drinking water turned into blood!

5The angel of the waters declared: You are righteous, O Holy One!

6They murdered Your holy people and Your prophets. Now You have given them blood to drink! They got exactly what they deserve!

7And I heard the altar respond: Yes, Lord God Almighty, your judgments are true and right.

8The fourth angel poured his bowl onto the blazing sun. The sun scorched people with intense, raging heat!

9Blistering heat burned their flesh, and they cursed God's holy name. God held sovereign power over these plagues! Yet the wicked refused to repent and give Him glory.

10The fifth angel poured his bowl on the beast's throne. Thick darkness plunged over the beast's entire kingdom! People bit their tongues in excruciating agony.

11They cursed the God of heaven for their sores and pain. Still, they stubbornly refused to repent of their evil deeds!

12The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great Euphrates River. Its waters dried up completely, opening a highway for eastern kings.

13Then I saw three foul spirits looking like slimy frogs! They leaped out from the mouths of the unholy trinity: from the dragon's mouth, the beast's mouth, and the false prophet's mouth.

14They are demonic spirits performing deceptive signs. They muster the kings of the world for battle! They gather them for the great day of God Almighty.

15Look! I am coming unexpectedly like a stealthy thief! Blessed is the person who stays awake and remains spiritually clothed!

16The demonic spirits assembled the armies at the place called Armageddon.

17The seventh angel poured his bowl into the air. A thundering voice roared from the throne in the temple: It is finished!

18Lightning flashed, thunder crashed, and a catastrophic earthquake struck. No earthquake so violent has ever shaken humanity before!

19The great city split into three distinct pieces. The cities of the nations collapsed into ruins! God remembered Babylon the Great and handed her the cup. He forced her to drink the wine of His furious wrath!

20Every island vanished into the sea, and mountains flattened out.

21Giant hundred-pound hailstones hammered people from the sky. And people cursed God for the devastating plague of hail!