Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Bowls of God's Anger
1 Then I heard a loud voice
speaking from the temple to
the seven angels: “Go and pour out
the seven bowls of God's anger on
the earth!”
2 The first angel went and poured
out his bowl on the earth. Terrible
and painful sores appeared on those
who had the mark of the beast and
on those who had worshiped its
image. note
3 Then the second angel poured
out his bowl on the sea. The water
became like the blood of a dead person,
and every living creature in the
sea died.
4 Then the third angel poured out
his bowl on the rivers and the
springs of water, and they turned
into blood. note
5 I heard the angel in
charge of the waters say, “The judgments
you have made are just, O
Holy One, you who are and who
were!
6 They poured out the blood of
God's people and of the prophets,
and so you have given them blood to
drink. They are getting what they
deserve!”
7 Then I heard a voice
from the altar saying, “Lord God Almighty!
True and just indeed are
your judgments!”
8 Then the fourth angel poured
out his bowl on the sun, and it was
allowed to burn people with its fiery
heat.
9 They were burned by the
fierce heat, and they cursed the
name of God, who has authority
over these plagues. But they would
not turn from their sins and praise
his greatness.
10 Then the fifth angel poured out
his bowl on the throne of the beast.
Darkness fell over the beast's kingdom,
and people bit their tongues
because of their pain, note
11 and they
cursed the God of heaven for their
pains and sores. But they did not
turn from their evil ways.
12 Then the sixth angel poured out
his bowl on the great Euphrates
River. The river dried up, to provide
a way for the kings who come from
the east. note
13 Then I saw three unclean
spirits that looked like frogs. They
were coming out of the mouth of the
dragon, the mouth of the beast, and
the mouth of the false prophet.
14 They are the spirits of demons that
perform miracles. These three spirits
go out to all the kings of the world,
to bring them together for the battle
on the great Day of Almighty God.
15 “Listen! I am coming like a thief!
Happy is he who stays awake and
guards his clothes, so that he will
not walk around naked and be
ashamed in public!” note
16 Then the spirits brought the
kings together in the place that in
Hebrew is called Armageddon. note
17 Then the seventh angel poured
out his bowl in the air. A loud voice
came from the throne in the temple,
saying, “It is done!”
18 There were
flashes of lightning, rumblings and
peals of thunder, and a terrible
earthquake. There has never been
such an earthquake since the creation
of man; this was the worst
earthquake of all! note
19 The great city
was split into three parts, and the
cities of all countries were destroyed.
God remembered great
Babylon and made her drink the
wine from his cup—the wine of his
furious anger. note
20 All the islands disappeared,
all the mountains vanished. note
21 Huge hailstones, each
weighing as much as a hundred
pounds, fell from the sky on people,
who cursed God on account of the
plague of hail, because it was such a
terrible plague. note
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Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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