| Chapter 16
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |