Revelation 16:1-4

The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath

1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling p the seven angels, "Go and q pour out on the earth r the seven bowls of the wrath of God."

2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful s sores came upon the people who bore t the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

3 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and u it became like the blood of a corpse, and v every living thing died that was in the sea.

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

  1. Cross References
    Revelation 15:1
    Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 79:6
    Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name!
    Jeremiah 10:25
    Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not, and on the peoples that call not on your name, for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
    Zephaniah 3:8
    Therefore wait for me," declares the Lord, "for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all my burning anger; for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be consumed.
  3. Cross References
    Revelation 15:7
    And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever.
  4. Cross References
    Revelation 16:11
    And cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.
    Exodus 9:9 - 11
    It shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.
  5. Cross References
    Revelation 13:16
    Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead.
  6. Cross References
    Revelation 8:8
    The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
  7. Cross References
    Revelation 8:9
    A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
  8. Cross References
    Revelation 8:10
    The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 7:17 - 20
    Thus says the Lord, "By this you shall know that I am the Lord : behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood.
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