Revelation 16:5-6

The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath

⁵ And I heard the angel in charge of the waters ₁ say,
_y "Just are you, _z O Holy One, _a who is and who was,
for you brought these judgments.
⁶ For _b they have shed the blood of _c saints and prophets,
and _d you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!"

1. Cross References
   Jeremiah 12:1
   Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
   John 17:25
   O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
   
2. Cross References
   Revelation 15:4
   Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.
   
3. Cross References
   Revelation 11:17
   Saying, "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.
   Revelation 1:4
   John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne.
   Revelation 1:8
   "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
   Revelation 4:8
   And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!
   
4. Cross References
   Revelation 18:24
   And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.
   Revelation 13:15
   And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.
   
5. Cross References
   Revelation 11:18
   The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.
   
6. Cross References
   Isaiah 49:26
   I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine. Then all flesh shall know that I am the Lord your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
   Luke 11:49 - 50
   Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute.