Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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."
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I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, "Pour the seven bowls of God's anger over 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 who had the mark of the beast and upon them that worshiped his image.
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The first angel poured his bowl over the earth. Horrible, painful sores appeared on the people who had the brand of the beast and worshiped its statue.
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.
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The second angel poured his bowl over the sea. The sea turned into blood like the blood of a dead man, and every living thing in the sea died.
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
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The third angel poured his bowl over the rivers and the springs. They turned into blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, "Thou art righteous, O Lord, who art, and wast, and shall be, because Thou hast judged thus;
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Then I heard the angel of the water say, "You are fair. You are the one who is and the one who was, the holy one, because you have judged these things.
6 for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and Thou hast given them blood to drink, for they are worthy."
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You have given them blood to drink because they have poured out the blood of God's people and prophets. This is what they deserve."
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, "Even so, Lord God Almighty; true and righteous are Thy judgments."
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Then I heard the altar answer, "Yes, Lord God Almighty, your judgments are true and fair."
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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The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun. The sun was allowed to burn people with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues; and they repented not to give Him glory.
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They were severely burned. They cursed the name of God, who has the authority over these plagues. They would not change the way they think and act and 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 from pain;
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The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the beast. Its kingdom turned dark. People gnawed on their tongues in anguish
11 and they blasphemed the God of Heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
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and cursed the God of heaven for their pains and their sores. However, they would not stop what they were doing.
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.
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The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great Euphrates River. The water in the river dried up to make a road for the kings from the east.
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.
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Then I saw three evil spirits like frogs come out of the mouths of the serpent, the beast, and 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 for the battle of that great Day of God Almighty.
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They are spirits of demons that do miracles. These spirits go to the kings of the whole world and gather them for the war on the frightening day of God Almighty.
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."
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"See, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains alert and doesn't lose his clothes. He will not have to go naked and let others see his shame."
16 And he gathered them together at a place called in the Hebrew tongue, Armageddon.
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The spirits gathered the kings at the place which is called Armageddon in Hebrew.
17 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!"
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The seventh angel poured his bowl into the air. A loud voice came from the throne in the temple, and said, "It has happened!"
18 And there were voices and thunders and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as has not been since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake and so great.
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There was lightning, noise, thunder, and a powerful earthquake. There has never been such a powerful earthquake since humans have been on earth.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and great Babylon came to remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.
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The important city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered to give Babylon the Great the cup of wine from his fierce anger.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
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Every island vanished, and the mountains could no longer be seen.
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.
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Large, heavy hailstones fell from the sky on people. The people cursed God because the plague of hail was such a terrible plague.
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