Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
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!"
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I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God 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.
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The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the men who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.
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.
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The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing 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.
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The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and it became blood.
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!
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I heard the angel of the waters saying, "You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One, because you judged this way.
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!"
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For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this."
7 Then I heard a voice from the altar saying, "Lord God Almighty! True and just indeed are your judgments!"
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I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous 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.
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The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire.
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.
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Men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They didn't repent and give him glory.
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,
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The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain,
11 and they cursed the God of heaven for their pains and sores. But they did not turn from their evil ways.
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and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They didn't repent of their works.
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.
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The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrise.
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.
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I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;
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.
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for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go forth to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
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!"
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"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."
16 Then the spirits brought the kings together in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
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He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, "Har-magedon."
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!"
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The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came forth out of the temple, from the throne, 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 human beings; this was the worst earthquake of all!
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There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men on the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.
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.
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The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 All the islands disappeared, all the mountains vanished.
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Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
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.
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Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on men. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague of it is exceeding great.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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