¹Then I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary saying to the seven angels, “Depart and pour out the seven vials of the wrath of God on the earth.” ²And the first one departed and poured his vial out on the earth. Then a noxious and troublesome ulcer plague came on those men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. ³Then the second angel poured his vial out on the sea, and it became blood as of someone dead, and every living soul in the sea died. ⁴Then the third one poured his vial out on the rivers and on the water-sources, and they became blood.

⁵And I heard the angel of the waters say,

“You are righteous,

You who are and who were, you who are holy,

Because you have executed judgment in respect of these things.

⁶Since they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,

So you have given them blood to drink.

Of this they are deserving.”

⁷And I heard the altar say, “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.” ⁸Then the fourth angel poured his vial out on the sun, and he was granted to scorch men with fire, ⁹and men were very severely scorched, and the men blasphemed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, but they did not repent by giving him glory. ¹⁰Then the fifth one poured his vial out on the throne of the beast, at which his kingdom became darkened, and they bit their tongues from the distress, ¹¹and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their distress, and because of their ulcers, but they did not repent of their works. ¹²Then the sixth one poured his vial out on the great river, the Euphrates, and its water dried up, so that the way of the kings of the east should be prepared. ¹³Then 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, ¹⁴for they are the spirits of demons which perform signs which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them to the war of that great day of God the Almighty. ¹⁵Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches out and keeps his clothes on, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his indecency. ¹⁶And he gathered them in the place called in Hebraic Armageddon. ¹⁷Then the seventh one poured his vial out on the air, and a loud voice came from the sanctuary of heaven, from the throne, and it said, “It has taken place.” ¹⁸Then lightning flashes and thunderclaps and sounds took place, and a great earthquake such as had never taken place since when men came into existence on earth, so great was such a severe earthquake. ¹⁹And the great city became split into three parts, and the cities of the Gentiles collapsed. Then Babylon the great was remembered before God by giving it the cup of the wine of the wrath of his anger. ²⁰And every island fled, and no mountains were to be found. ²¹And a great hailstorm with stones weighing about a talent each came down from the sky on men. At this the men blasphemed God for the plague of the hail, because its impact was very severe.

Reference(s) in Chapter 16: v.2 ↔ Exodus 9:9 ● v.3 ↔ Exodus 7:20 ● v.19 ↔ Jeremiah 25:15.