Revelation:15-17

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* And I beheld another sign in heaven , great and marvelous , seven angels with the seven last plagues ; because with them the wrath of God is finished . * And I saw the semblance of a glassy sea , mingled with fire ; and standing by this glassy sea , with harps of God , were those who came off conquerors from the beast and from his image and from the cipher of his name . * They were singing the song of Moses , the slave of God , and the song of the Lamb , saying . "Great and marvelous are thy works , O Lord God , the Almighty ! Righteous and true are thy ways , Thou King of kings ! * Who shall not fear , O Lord , And glorify thy name ? For thou only art holy . For all the nations shall come and worship before thee ; For thy righteous acts have been made evident ." * After that I looked , and the sanctuary of the tabernacle of testimony was opened in heaven ; * and there came out of the sanctuary the seven angels with the seven plagues . They were clothed in white linen , pure and bright , and girt about the breasts with golden girdles . * 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 . * The sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory and majesty of God ; and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished . * Then I heard a loud voice which came out of the temple , saying to the seven angels , "Go , empty the seven bowls of the wrath of God upon the earth ." * The first angel went and poured out his bowl upon the earth . And it was turned to loathsome and painful sores upon all who bore the brand of the beast , and who worshiped his image . * And the second angel poured out his bowl upon the sea ; and it became blood , like the blood of a corpse , and every living creature died - everything in the sea . * And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of waters ; and they were turned into blood . * And I heard the angel of the waters saying . "Righteous art thou , thou who art and wast , The Holy One , Because thou didst inflict this judgment . * For men poured out the blood of thy saints and prophets , And thou hast given them blood to drink . And this they deserved ." * And I heard the altar saying , "Yea , O Lord , the Almighty , True and righteous are thy judgments ." * And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun , and the sun was permitted to scorch men with fire . * And men were scorched with the terrible heat ; and they blasphemed the name of the God who had the power over these plagues ; yet they repented not , to give him glory . * And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast ; and his kingdom became darkened , and men gnawed their tongues for pain , * and they blasphemed the God of heaven , because of their pains and their sores ; yet of their deeds they did not repent . * And the sixth poured his bowl upon the great river , the River Euphrates , and its water was dried up so as to make ready the way for the kings that come from the sunrising . * And I saw three unclean spirits , like frogs , coming out of the dragons mouth , and the beasts mouth , and the false prophets mouth . * For these are the spirits of demons performing miracles , who go forth to the kings of the habitable earth , to gather them together for the battle of the great Day of God , the Almighty . * Lo , I am coming like a thief . Blessed is the who is on the watch and guarding his clothing , so that he may not walk naked , and they gaze on his shame . * And the spirits gathered the kings together at the place called in Hebrew , Armageddon . * And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air , and a great voice came forth out of the temple from the throne , saying , "It is finished !" * And lightnings and voices and thunders and a great earthquake such as had not happened since man began to be upon the earth , so great an earthquake , so mighty ; * and the great city was shattered into three parts , and the cities of the nations fell , and great Babylon came to mind before the face of God , to give her the cup of the wine of the passion of his anger . * And every island fled away , and the mountains sank from sight . * 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 of it is very great . * And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls , and spoke to me , saying , "Come hither and I will show you the sentence passed upon the great harlot who sits on many waters , * with whom the kings of the earth have committed adultery , while all who live on the earth have been made drunken by the wine of her immorality ." * And he bore me away in the Spirit into the desert , and I saw a woman who sat upon a scarlet beast covered with blasphemous names . It had seven heads and ten horns . * The woman was enwrapped in purple and scarlet and was encrusted with gold and precious stones and pearls . In her hand she held a golden cup filled with abominations , even the impurities of her immorality . * Upon her forehead a name was written , a mystery , "BABYLON THE GREAT , THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS , AND ABOMINABLE THINGS OF THE EARTH ." * And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints , and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus , and I wondered with a great wonder . * And the angel said to me . "Why did you wonder ? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman , and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns , that carried her . * The beast that you saw was , and is not , and is about to come up out of the bottomless pit , and to go into perdition . And those who dwell on the earth shall wonder , those whose names have never , from the foundation of the world , been written in the Lambs Book of Life , when they gaze on the beast ; how he was and is not , and is to come . * Here is the mind that has wisdom . the seven heads are seven hills on which the woman is seated ; * and they are seven kings ; the five have fallen , one is , the other is not yet come (and when he does come , he must remain a short time ). * And the beast who was , but is not , is himself also an eighth , although he is one of the seven kings , and is on his way to perdition . * "The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received their kingdoms ; but they have received authority as kings for one hour , together with the beast . * These kings have one mind , and they give their power and authority to the beast . * These will make war against the Lamb , and the Lamb will conquer them , for he is the Lord of lords , and King of kings . And they who are with him are called and faithful and chosen ." * And he also said to me . "The waters which you saw , on which the harlot takes her seat , are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues . * And the ten horns which you saw , they and the beast will hate the harlot and make her desolate and naked , and will eat her flesh and burn her up with fire . * For God has put it into their hearts to execute his purpose , in executing their common purpose , and by giving over their kingdoms to the beast , until the words of God shall be accomplished . * The woman whom you saw is the great city which holds sway over the kings of the earth ." * After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven , who had great authority ; and the earth was illumined by his glory .

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