Revelation 16 Cross References - NSB

¹ I heard a loud voice from the temple say to the seven angels: Go your way, and pour out the bowls of the anger of God on the earth. ² The first poured out his bowl on the earth. A painful and grievous sore appeared on the men who had the mark of the beast, and upon those who worshiped his image. ³ Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea. It became like the blood of a dead man, and every living being died in the sea. ⁴ Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and fountains of waters and they became blood. ⁵ I heard the angel of the waters say: »You are righteous, Jehovah, who are, and was, the Holy One, because you have judged these things. (Exodus 3:14) ⁶ »They have shed the blood of the holy ones and prophets. You give them blood to drink for they deserve it.« ⁷ I heard another say: »Even so, Jehovah God the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.« (Deuteronomy 32:4) (Psalm 145:17) (Exodus 6:3) ⁸ The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun. Authority was given to him to scorch men with fire. ⁹ Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory. ¹⁰ Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became full of darkness. And they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. ¹¹ They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains, but they did not repent. ¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates. Its water was dried up so that the way might be prepared for the kings from the east. ¹³ 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. ¹⁴ They are demonic spirits, working signs, which go to the kings of the earth, of the whole world. They gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. ¹⁵ »Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his outer garment, that he does not walk naked and they see his shame.« ¹⁶ He gathered them together to a place called in the Hebrew tongue Har-Magedon. ¹⁷ Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came out of the temple of heaven. It said: »It is done!« ¹⁸ There were voices, and thunders, and lightnings. There was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. ¹⁹ The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered Babylon the Great. He gave her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his anger (wrath). ²⁰ Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. ²¹ There fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent (45 to 100 pounds). Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague was exceeding great.

²² Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

²⁵ »Surely you would not do that! Would you slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked? Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?«

¹⁷ »Jehovah says: ‘This is the way you will recognize that I am Jehovah: I will strike the Nile with this staff in my hand. The water will turn into blood.

¹⁷ »Jehovah says: ‘This is the way you will recognize that I am Jehovah: I will strike the Nile with this staff in my hand. The water will turn into blood. ¹⁸ ‘The fish in the Nile will die. The river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink any water from the Nile.«’«

¹⁸ ‘The fish in the Nile will die. The river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink any water from the Nile.«’« ¹⁹ Jehovah then spoke to Moses: »Tell Aaron, Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt; its rivers, canals, ponds, and all its reservoirs. They will turn into blood. There will be blood everywhere in Egypt, even in the buckets of wood and stone pitchers.«

¹⁹ Jehovah then spoke to Moses: »Tell Aaron, Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt; its rivers, canals, ponds, and all its reservoirs. They will turn into blood. There will be blood everywhere in Egypt, even in the buckets of wood and stone pitchers.« ²⁰ Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the Nile in front of Pharaoh and his officials. All the water in the river turned into blood.

²⁰ Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the Nile in front of Pharaoh and his officials. All the water in the river turned into blood. ²¹ The fish in the Nile died. The river smelled bad. The Egyptians could not drink any water from the river. There was blood everywhere in Egypt.

² »‘»But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will afflict your whole territory with frogs. ³ »‘»The Nile will swarm with frogs. They will come up and go into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed. They will go into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls. ⁴ »‘»The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants.«’« ⁵ Jehovah also said to Moses: »Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams and over the pools. Make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’«

⁵ Jehovah also said to Moses: »Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams and over the pools. Make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’« ⁶ »So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt. The frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. ⁷ »But the magicians used their secret powers to do the same thing.

⁸ Then Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron: »Take a few handfuls of ashes from a furnace. Moses is to throw them into the air in front of the king. ⁹ »They will spread out like fine dust over all the land of Egypt. They will produce boils that become open sores on the people and the animals.« ¹⁰ They got some ashes and stood before the king. Moses threw them into the air. They produced boils that became open sores on the people and the animals. ¹¹ The magicians were not able to appear before Moses, because they were covered with boils, like all the other Egyptians.

²³ Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky. Then Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt. ²⁴ It hailed, and lightning flashed while it hailed. This was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. ²⁵ All over Egypt the hail knocked down everything that was out in the open. It struck down people, animals, and every plant in the fields and destroyed every tree in the fields. ²⁶ The region of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was the only place where there was no hail.

²¹ Jehovah then said to Moses: »Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt.« ²² Moses raised his hand toward the sky. Total darkness fell throughout Egypt for three days. ²³ The Egyptians could not see each other. No one left his house during that time. The Israelites, however, had light where they were living.

²⁵ Moses saw that the people were naked. Aaron had made them naked to their shame among their enemies.

¹⁵ »Jehovah will take away every sickness from you. He will not afflict you with any of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you have known. He will put them on all who hate you.

¹ »If a prophet or an interpreter of dreams appears among you and gives you a sign or a wonder (portent) (omen) (forecast of the future), ² in order to lead you to worship and serve gods that you have not worshiped before, and even if what they promise comes true,

²⁷ »Jehovah will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.

⁴² »I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword will devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the longhaired leaders of the enemy. ⁴³ »Rejoice you nations with his people. He will avenge the blood of his servants. He will render vengeance on his adversaries, and will atone for his land and his people.«

¹¹ As they fled from Israel, and were going down to Beth-horon, Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them all the way to Azekah and they died. In fact hailstones killed more than the children of Israel killed using their swords.

¹⁹ Joshua said to Achan: »My son, give glory to Jehovah God of Israel and confess to him. Tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.«

⁷ »‘And I will lure Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.’«

¹⁹ »The kings fought at Taanach, by the stream of Megiddo. The kings of Canaan fought, but they took no silver away.

⁶ Jehovah dealt harshly with the people of Ashdod. He destroyed them by striking the people in the vicinity of Ashdod with tumors.

⁹ After they had moved it, Jehovah threw the city into a great panic. He struck all the people in the city and they were covered with tumors.

¹⁸ »Jehovah sent you on a mission. He said: Go and destroy those sinners, the Amalekites. Fight against them until every one is dead.

³ »‘Go and attack the Amalekites! Destroy them and all their possessions. Do not have any pity. Kill their men, women, children, and even their babies. Slaughter their cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys.’«

⁶ So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them: »Should I attack Ramoth, or not?« They answered: »Attack, Jehovah will give you victory.«

¹⁰ They dressed in their royal robes and sat on their thrones at the threshing place near the gate of Samaria. The two kings listened to all the prophets prophesy in front of them. ¹¹ One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab: »Jehovah says: ‘With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.’«

¹⁹ Micaiah continued: »Now listen to what Jehovah says! I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him.« ²⁰ Jehovah asked: »Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and be killed at Ramoth? Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else, ²¹ until a spirit stepped forward, approached Jehovah,« and said: »I will deceive him.« ²² »How will you deceive him?« Jehovah asked. The spirit replied: »I will make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies.« Jehovah said: »Go and deceive him. You will succeed.« ²³ Micaiah concluded: This is what has happened. Jehovah made these prophets of yours lie to you. He has decreed that you will meet with disaster!

³³ While Elisha was still talking the king arrived and said: »Jehovah brought this trouble on us! Why should I wait any longer for him to do something?«

²⁹ In his days, Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, sent his armies against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. King Josiah went out against him. Josiah was killed when he saw him at Megiddo. ³⁰ His servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem. They buried him there. The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.

⁴ and especially because of all the innocent people he killed. Jehovah would not forgive Manasseh for that.

¹⁸ Micaiah continued: »Now listen to what Jehovah says! I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne in heaven. All his angels were standing beside him.« ¹⁹ Jehovah asked: »Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and get killed at Ramoth? Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else, ²⁰ until a spirit stepped forward, approached Jehovah,« and said: »I will deceive him.« »How?« Jehovah asked. ²¹ The spirit replied: »I will go and make all of Ahab’s prophets tell lies.« Jehovah said: »Go and deceive him. You will succeed.« ²² Micaiah concluded: »This is what has happened. Jehovah made these prophets of yours lie to you. But he has decreed that you will meet with disaster!«

¹⁵ You will be affected by a painful stomach disease and suffer until you die.

¹⁸ After this happened; Jehovah struck Jehoram with an incurable stomach disease.

²² When he had this trouble, King Ahaz became more unfaithful to Jehovah!

²³ Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: »Jehovah, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, may Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up!«

² »These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: ‘Jehovah the God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

¹¹ »Their answer was: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel. ¹² »‘But when our fathers moved the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them up into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the Chaldaean. He sent destruction on this house and took the people away to Babylon.

¹⁰ »That they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.

¹² »Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, all peace;

⁴ After I heard these words I sat down on the ground and cried for days. I ate no food and offered prayer to the God of heaven.

⁴ The king asked: »What is your desire?« So I made prayer to the God of heaven.

²¹ »And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, now give orders to all keepers of the king's money across the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may have need of from you, is to be done with all care,

²³ »Whatever the God of heaven orders let it be done completely for the house of the God of heaven. Let there not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

⁷ Satan left Jehovah’s presence and struck Job with painful boils from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. ⁸ Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch his sores as he sat in the ashes.

²⁶ He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens and by his power he directed the south wind.

⁴⁴ He turned their rivers into blood so that they could not drink from their streams. ⁴⁵ He sent a swarm of flies that bit them and frogs that ruined them.

⁴⁹ He sent his fierce burning anger, his rage and fury against them. He sent an army of destroying angels.

⁶ Pour your fury (anger) on the nations that do not know you, on the kingdoms that have not called you.

²⁹ He turned their water into blood and caused their fish to die. ³⁰ He made their land swarm with frogs, even in the kings' bedrooms.

⁴ »Jehovah is righteous. He has cut to pieces the cords of the wicked.

¹⁷ Jehovah is righteous in all his ways. He is kind in all his deeds.

²⁶ Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

¹⁴ against all the high mountains and all the lofty hills, ¹⁵ against every high tower and every fortified wall, ¹⁶ and also against all the large ships of Tarshish and all the beautiful boats. ¹⁷ Then arrogant people will be brought down. High and mighty people will be humiliated. On that day Jehovah alone will be honored.

¹⁷ »Jehovah will cause sores to appear on the heads of the women of Zion. Jehovah will make their foreheads bare.«

²⁴ Instead of the smell of perfume, there will be the smell of decay. They will wear ropes instead of belts. They will have baldheads instead of beautiful hair. They will wear sackcloth instead of expensive clothes. Their beauty will be scarred with brand marks.

⁶ Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand. With tongs he seized it from the altar.

⁷ »That is why Jehovah is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River, that is, the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.

¹⁵ Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt. He will wave his hand, his mighty Spirit, over the (Euphrates) River. He will strike it into seven streams and make men walk over on dry land.

³⁰ Jehovah will make his majestic voice heard. He will come with all his might, with furious anger, with firestorms, windstorms, rainstorms, and hailstones.

⁵ Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is sick.

⁵ Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is sick. ⁶ From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head there is no healthy spot left on your body. You have only bruises, sores, and fresh wounds. They have not been cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.

²¹ They will pass through the land when they are hard-pressed (destressed) and hungry. When they are hungry, they will be furious. Then they will look up and curse their king and God.

²¹ They will pass through the land when they are hard-pressed (destressed) and hungry. When they are hungry, they will be furious. Then they will look up and curse their king and God. ²² They will look toward the nations of the earth and see only distress and gloom. They will go in anguish and be banished into darkness.

²³ Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, For Jehovah of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And his glory will be before his elders.

¹ Draw near, people of all nations! Gather around and listen. Let the whole earth and everyone living on it come here and pay attention. ² JEHOVAH IS ANGRY WITH ALL THE NATIONS. He is furious with all their armies. He has condemned them for destruction. He has handed them over to be slaughtered. ³ Their dead bodies will be thrown out. A stench will rise from their corpses. The mountains will be laid waste with their blood. ⁴ All the stars in the sky will dissolve. The heavens will be rolled up like a scroll. The stars will fade away like leaves fall from a vine or fruit from a tree. ⁵ My sword is covered with blood in the heavens. It will fall on EDOM and on the people I have claimed for destruction. ⁶ Jehovah’s sword is covered with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of rams' kidneys. Jehovah will receive a sacrifice in Bozrah, a huge slaughter in the land of Edom. ⁷ Wild oxen will be killed with them, young bulls along with rams. Their land will be drenched with blood. Their dust will be covered with fat. ⁸ Jehovah will have a day of vengeance! He will have a year of retribution (recompense) in defense of Zion.

¹⁵ »I will destroy the hills and mountains and dry up the grass and trees. I will turn the river valleys into deserts and dry up the pools of water.

²⁶ »I will feed oppressors with their own flesh. They will be intoxicated with their own blood as if by sweet wine. Everyone will know that I am Jehovah, your Savior and Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.«

² »Why was no one here when I came? Why was no one here to answer when I called? Am I too weak to reclaim you? Do I not have the power to rescue you? I dry up the sea with my command, and I turn rivers into deserts. Their fish stink because there is no water, and people die of thirst.

¹⁷ Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes men stagger. ¹⁸ Of all the sons she bore there was none to guide her; of all the sons she reared there was none to take her by the hand. ¹⁹ These double calamities have come upon you. Who can comfort you? You experience ruin and destruction, famine and sword. Who can console you? ²⁰ Your sons have fainted. They lie at the head of every street. They are like antelope caught in a net. They are filled with the rage of Jehovah and the rebuke of your God. ²¹ Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, made drunk, but not with wine. ²² This is what your Lord Jehovah says, your God, who defends his people: »See, I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger. You will never drink from that cup, that cup of wrath, again. ²³ »I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you: ‘Lie down that we may walk all over you. You made your back like the ground like a street to be walked over.«’

² »Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow. ³ »He pursues them and moves on unscathed. He goes by a path his feet have not traveled before.

²⁵ »I have stirred up one from the north, and he comes! One from the rising sun calls on my name. He treads on rulers as if they were mortar, as if he were a potter treading the clay.

²⁷ »‘I say to the watery deep: ‘Be a waste and I will dry up your rivers!’

¹¹ I summon a bird of prey from the east. I summon a man to fulfill my purpose from a far off land. What I have said I will bring about. What I have determined (purposed) I will do.

³ »Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance. I will not spare a man.«

³⁰ »I have punished your children without results. They did not respond to correction. You killed my prophets like a raging lion.

²³ I see the earth. It is without form and empty. I see the sky. Its lights are gone. ²⁴ I see the mountains. They tremble and the hills sway. ²⁵ I see that there are no people, and every bird has flown away.

³ Jehovah looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention. He crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.

²⁹ The bellows blow fiercely and the fire consumes the lead. The refining goes on in vain, but the wicked are not separated. ³⁰ They call them rejected silver, for Jehovah has rejected them.

²⁵ Pour out your fury on the nations who do not know you and on people who do not worship you. They have devoured the descendants of Jacob. They have devoured them completely. They have destroyed their homes.

¹ Who is this coming from Bozrah in Edom with his clothes stained bright red? Who is this dressed in splendor, going forward with great strength? It is I, Jehovah! I am coming to announce my victory. I am powerful enough to save you! ² Why are your clothes red and your garments like those who trample grapes in a winepress? ³ »I have trampled alone in the winepress. No one was with me. In my anger I trampled on people. In my wrath I stomped on them. Their blood splattered my clothes so all my clothing has been stained. ⁴ »The day of vengeance was in my heart. The year for my reclaiming you has come. ⁵ »I looked, but there was no help. I was astounded that there was no outside support. So my own arm (power) brought me salvation. My anger supported me. ⁶ »In my wrath I trampled on people. In my rage I made them drunk and poured their blood on the ground.«

⁶ Some time later Jehovah said: »Go back and get the linen belt.«

¹⁵ »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel said to me: ‘Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my fury, and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it. ¹⁶ »‘When they drink from it, they will stagger and go insane because of the wars that I am going to send them.’«

²⁶ all the kings of the north, near and far, one after another-all the kingdoms of the earth. Last of all, the king of Sheshach will drink from the cup.

¹¹ The priests and the prophets said to the leaders and to the people: »This man deserves to be sentenced to death because he has spoken against our city. You heard him with your own ears.«

¹⁶ The judges and the other people told the priests and prophets: »Since Jeremiah only told us what Jehovah our God had said, we do not think he deserves to die.«

³⁸ »A drought will diminish their water supply, and it will dry up. Babylon is a land of idols, statues that will go crazy with fear. ³⁹ »That is why desert animals will live with hyenas. Desert owls will also live there. It will no longer be inhabited or lived in for generations. ⁴⁰ »Babylon will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighboring cities when I, God, destroyed them. No one will live there. No human will stay there, proclaims Jehovah.

³⁶ Therefore Jehovah says: »I am going to plead your case and exact full vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry.

¹³ It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil doing of her priests. They have drained the blood of the upright out from her.

¹⁸ »Jehovah is upright. I have rebelled against him. Listen all you people and see my pain. My virgins and my young men are taken away as prisoners.

⁵ I heard God say to the other men: »Follow him through the city and kill. Spare no one! Have mercy on no one. ⁶ »Kill the old men, young men, young women, mothers, and children. But do not touch anyone who has the mark on his forehead. Start here at my Temple.« So they began with the elders who were standing there at the Temple. ⁷ He said to them: »Dishonor the Temple! Fill its courtyards with dead people, and then leave.« So they went out and killed the people in the city. ⁸ While they were killing people, I was left alone. So I immediately bowed down. I cried: »Help me O Lord Jehovah. Will you destroy everyone who is left in Israel while you pour out your anger on Jerusalem?«

² Jehovah said to the person dressed in linen: »Go between the wheels under the angels and fill your hands with burning coals. Then scatter them over the city.« So he went between the wheels as I watched.

¹¹ »So tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.

¹³ »This is what the Lord Jehovah says: ‘In my fury I will cause a storm to break out. In my anger rain will pour down, and hailstones will destroy the wall.

⁹ »‘If a prophet is tricked into giving a prophecy, it is I, Jehovah, who tricked the prophet. I will use my power against you and destroy you from among my people Israel.

³⁷ »So I, the Lord Jehovah, will gather every one of your lovers, those you liked and those you hated. They will stand around you, and I will rip off your clothes and let all of those lovers stare at your nakedness. ³⁸ »I will judge you like women who commit adultery or shed blood are judged. I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.

⁷ One of the angels reached into the fire that was between the angels and took out some coals. This angel put them in the hands of the person dressed in linen. The person took them and left.

¹³ ‘»In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, yet you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again until I have spent my anger on you.

⁸ »‘I will fill its mountains with those who have been killed. Those killed by the sword will fall on your hills and in your valleys and ravines.

¹ The word of Jehovah came to me: ² »Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. ³ The Lord Jehovah said: »I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. ⁴ »I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws. I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords. ⁵ »I will also bring out Persia, Ethiopia and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; ⁶ »Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops and many peoples with you.« ⁷ »‘»Be prepared, and prepare yourself, you and all your companies that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. ⁸ »‘»After many days you will be summoned. In the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel that had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the nations, and all of them are living securely.

⁸ »‘»After many days you will be summoned. In the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel that had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the nations, and all of them are living securely. ⁹ ‘»You will go up like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the land. You your troops will have many peoples with you.«’

⁹ ‘»You will go up like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the land. You your troops will have many peoples with you.«’ ¹⁰ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan.

¹⁰ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan. ¹¹ »»You will say: »I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are securely at rest. They live without walls and have no bars or gates.«

¹¹ »»You will say: »I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are securely at rest. They live without walls and have no bars or gates.« ¹² »I will go to capture spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the center of the world.

¹² »I will go to capture spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the center of the world. ¹³ ‘»Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will say to you: Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your company to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great spoil?«’ ¹⁴ »Prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: ‘The Lord Jehovah says: »On that day when my people Israel are living securely, will you not know it? ¹⁵ »‘You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army. ¹⁶ »‘You will come up against my people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog.«’ ¹⁷ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them? ¹⁸ »‘It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,’ declares the Lord Jehovah, ‘that my fury will mount up in my anger. ¹⁹ »‘In my zeal and in my blazing wrath I proclaim that on that day there will surely be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. ²⁰ »‘The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the people who are on the face of the earth will shake at my presence! The mountains will be thrown down! The steep pathways will collapse and every wall will fall to the ground.’ ²¹ »‘I will call for a sword against Gog on all my mountains,’ declares the Lord Jehovah. ‘Every man's sword will be against his brother.

²¹ »‘I will call for a sword against Gog on all my mountains,’ declares the Lord Jehovah. ‘Every man's sword will be against his brother. ²² »‘With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment on him. I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone.

²² »‘With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment on him. I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone. ²³ »‘I will magnify myself, sanctify myself, and make myself known in the sight of many nations! Then they will know that I am Jehovah.’ (Matthew 6:9)

¹⁸ that they would request mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret. And they would request that Daniel and his companions would not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. ¹⁹ The secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Daniel praised the God of heaven.

⁴⁴ »In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. Its sovereignty will not be entrusted to another people. It will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms and it will stand forever!

³⁰ The king spoke: »Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?«

²² »You his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you know all this. ²³ »You lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of his house before you and your lords, wives and concubines. They drank wine from them. You praise the gods of silver and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which you do not see, nor hear, nor know. You have not glorified the God whose hand holds your breath and life.

⁴³ »He will exercise power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians will be under his control. ⁴⁴ »News from the east and the north will trouble him. He will go forth with great fury to destroy and annihilate many. ⁴⁵ »He will plant the tents of his palace (dwell in and control) between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. But he will come to his end, and none will help him.

¹ »At that time Michael will stand up. He is the great prince who stands for the children of your people. There will be a time of trouble that has not happened since the beginning of nations. Then your people will be delivered, every one whos name is found written in the book.

⁷ I heard the man clothed in linen, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives forever: »It will be for three and one half years; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished.« ⁸ I heard but I did not understand. I said: »O my lord, how will this all end?« ⁹ He replied: »Go your way, Daniel for the words are kept secret and sealed till the time of the end. ¹⁰ »Many will purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined. The wicked will do wickedly and none of the wicked will understand. Those who are wise will understand! ¹¹ »From the time that the continual burnt offering will be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there will be a thousand and two hundred and ninety days. ¹² »Blessed is he who waits and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty five days. ¹³ »Go toward the end, for you will enter into rest. Then you will rise for your determined condition in life at the end of the days.«

³ »I will strip her naked and make her as in the day that she was born. I will make her as a wilderness, and make her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.

⁹ »Proclaim this among the nations! Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near let them come up. ¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say, I am strong. ¹¹ »Hurry and come all you nations round about. Gather yourselves there and cause your mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah. ¹² »Let the nations be aroused and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat (Jehovah’s Judgment)! I will sit there to judge all the nations round about. ¹³ »Thrust in the sickle for the harvest is ripe! Come and tread for the winepress is full and the vats overflow. Their wickedness is great. ¹⁴ »Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! The day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.

⁶ »I also gave you cleanness of teeth (kept food from your teeth) in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you have not returned to me,« said Jehovah. ⁷ »I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One received rain. The other did not receive rain and it dried up. ⁸ »Two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water. They were not satisfied and yet you have not returned to me,« said Jehovah. ⁹ »I struck you with scorching and mildew. The caterpillar has devoured the multitudes of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees and your olive-trees. Yet you have not returned to me,« said Jehovah. ¹⁰ »I sent a plague among you just as I did to Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword and I captured your horses. I made the stench of your camp come up even into your nostrils and yet you have not returned to me,« said Jehovah. ¹¹ »I overthrew your cities as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire. Yet you have not returned to me,« said Jehovah. ¹² »This is what I will do to you, O Israel. Because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!

¹⁴ »Therefore Jehovah watched over the evil and brought it upon us. Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works. We have not obeyed his voice.

¹⁵ »The people of Ephraim have become important among their relatives. However, Jehovah’s scorching wind will come from the east. It will blow out of the desert. Then their springs will run dry, and their wells will dry up. The wind will destroy every precious thing in their storehouses.

⁹ He replied: »I am Hebrew and I respect Jehovah, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.«

⁸ When the sun rose God prepared a sultry (burning hot) east wind. So the sun beat upon the head of Jonah and he grew faint. He requested for himself that he might die. He said: »It is better for me to die than to live!«

¹⁵ »Woe to anyone who gives his neighbors drink and empties his bottle. He makes them drunk and then looks on their nakedness.

⁸ »Wait for me,« said Jehovah, »until the day that I rise up as a witness. I am determined to gather the nations. I will assemble the kingdoms to pour out upon them my indignation, even all my fierce anger! All the earth will be devoured with the fire of my zeal.

¹¹ »That day will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddon (Megiddo).

² »I will gather all nations to battle against Jerusalem! The city will be defeated. The houses will be plundered and the women raped! Half of the city will be taken into captivity. The remainder of the people will not be removed from the city. ³ »Then Jehovah will go forth and fight against those nations. It will be just as when he fought in the day of battle.

² »As you judge, so you will be judged. As you measure, it will be measured to you.

¹² »but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.«

⁶ »When they grew, the sun scorched them, and because they had no root they withered and died.

⁴¹ »The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all who stumble others and commit lawlessness. ⁴² »The angels will cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

⁴² »The angels will cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

⁵⁰ »The wicked will be cast into the furnace of fire where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

³⁵ »The workmen attacked his servants, striking one with a stone and killing the other. ³⁶ »He sent other servants more in number than the first. They did the same to them. ³⁷ »Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘Certainly they will respect my son.’ ³⁸ »When the workmen saw the son, they said, ‘Let us put him to death and take his heritage, for someday he will own this property.’ ³⁹ »They took him out of the vineyard and killed him. ⁴⁰ »When the lord of the vineyard returns, what will he do to the workmen?« ⁴¹ They all said: »He will put those cruel men to death. Then he will find other workmen who are worthy and who will give him fruit when it is ready.«

¹³ »The king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and thrown outside into the dark. That is where people will cry and grind their teeth in pain.

³⁰ »You claim that you would not have been involved with your fathers when they spilled the blood of the prophets. ³¹ »You witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. ³² »Fill up the (guilt) measure of your fathers. ³³ »You serpents! You offspring of vipers! How will you escape from being destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom? (Greek: Gehenna, the trash fires in the valley just outside of Jerusalem) ³⁴ »Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will torment and persecute from city to city. ³⁵ »You are responsible for all the righteous blood shed on earth. That includes the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. ³⁶ »I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation (those living at that time). ³⁷ »Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone the messengers who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings. But you were not willing!

²¹ »There will be great tribulation. It will be greater than any has ever been from the beginning of the world until now.

²⁴ »There will be false Christs and false prophets. They will show great signs and wonders so that many will be misled. This includes some of the chosen ones.

⁴² »Be alert, for you do not know what day the Lord will come. ⁴³ »Know this, if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have watched and his house would not have been vandalized.

⁵¹ »He will punish him severely, and send him to be with the hypocrites. There they will cry and grind their teeth.

¹³ »Watch therefore, for you do not know the day or the hour.

⁴¹ »Watch and pray continually that you do not enter into temptation!«

²² »There will arise false Christs and false prophets. They show signs and wonders that will mislead many, even the anointed.

³³ »Be awake (beware) (be cautious and active), watch (perceive) and pray, for you do not know the time. ³⁴ »It is similar to a man traveling to another country. He leaves his house and gives authority to his servants to do the work. He commands them to watch. ³⁵ »Watch therefore for you do not know when the lord of the house comes. It could be in the evening, at midnight or in the morning (when the cock crows). ³⁶ »He could come suddenly and find you sleeping. ³⁷ »What I say to you I say to all, be on the watch (be vigilant) (stay awake) (be circumspect) (attentive and ready)!«

¹ In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the inhabited earth.

³⁸ »To avoid temptation watch and pray. The spirit truly is willing but the flesh is weak.«

⁴⁹ »It is for this reason the wisdom of God said, ‘I send to them prophets and apostles and they will persecute and kill some of them.’ ⁵⁰ »The blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation.

³⁷ »Those servants are blessed, for the master will find them alert when he comes. I tell you he will tighten his belt, have them sit down at the table, and he will serve them the meal. ³⁸ »Even if he comes in the second watch or the third and he finds the same his servants are blessed. ³⁹ »Know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming he would have watched. He would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ »You be ready! The Son of man will come at a time when you do not think he will.« ⁴¹ Peter said: »Lord are you speaking this illustration to us or to everyone?« ⁴² The Lord said: »Who is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master shall appoint over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴³ »That servant will be blessed when his master comes and finds him doing so.

⁴⁸ »He who did not know and did things unacceptable will receive a lesser punishment. To whom much is given, much will be required and to whom they commit much they will demand even more.

³ »It does not! I tell you; if you do not turn from your sins, you will die as they did.

⁵ »It does not! I tell you if you do not turn from your sins, you will die as they did.«

²⁰ »A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, used to be brought to the rich man’s door. ²¹ »He hoped he could eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man’s table. Then the dogs would come and lick his sores. ²² »The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man died and was buried.

²⁸ »You will cry and grind your teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are thrown out!

²⁵ »There will be signs in sun and moon and stars. The earth will experience distress of nations in disarray for the roaring of the sea and the waves.

³⁶ »Be on the watch all the time. Pray for the strength to escape all these things in order to stand before the Son of man.«

² There is a pool by the sheep-market gate at Jerusalem. It is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethzatha. It has five porches (colonnades).

⁴⁴ »You are from your father [Satan] the Devil (slanderer) (false accuser)! You want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. He does not stand for the truth. There is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks his own lies. He is a liar and the father of the lie!

²⁵ »Righteous Father, the world has not known you. I know you and those you sent me know you.

¹³ When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment-seat. They were at a place called The Stone Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

¹⁷ They took Jesus bearing his own stake to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.

³⁰ When Jesus received the vinegar, he said, »it is finished.« He bowed his head, and he stopped breathing.

²⁰ »The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable (awesome) Day of Jehovah arrives. (Joel 2:31)

³¹ »Be on guard! Remember I did not cease for three years to admonish you day and night with tears.

¹⁴ »We all fell to the ground. I heard a voice speaking to me. It said in the Hebrew tongue: ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ (You only hurt yourself.)

²³ Immediately the angel of God killed him, because he did not give God the glory. He was eaten by worms and died.

⁸ But Elymas the sorcerer opposed them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. ⁹ Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him, ¹⁰ And said: »You child of the devil, full of all subtlety and mischief, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of Jehovah?

⁸ First, I thank my God for all of you through Jesus Christ, for your faith is reported throughout the whole world.

⁵ Thanks to your stubborn and unrepentant heart, you store up wrath for yourself, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.

⁵ If our unrighteousness defines God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? God is not unrighteous when he vents his anger is he? I speak in human terms.

³ Indeed being clothed we will not be found naked.

¹³ For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no wonder for even Satan fashions himself into an angel of light. ¹⁵ It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.

² You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the power (authority and jurisdiction) of the air, the spirit that is now active in the sons of disobedience.

²¹ I am afraid that the next time I come my God will humiliate me in your presence, and I shall weep over many who sinned in the past and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication and loose conduct that they have practiced.

¹² Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places.

² For you know perfectly that the »Day of Jehovah« will come like a thief in the night. (Zephaniah 1:14) ³ When they say, »Peace and security!« then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They will not escape.

⁶ Therefore, let us not sleep like others do. But let us watch and be sober.

⁵ All of this proves that God’s judgment is just, and as a result, you will become worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering. ⁶ It is a righteous thing for God to repay with affliction (great suffering and distress) those who afflict you.

⁹ The evil (lawless) one will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false signs and wonders.

⁹ The evil (lawless) one will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false signs and wonders. ¹⁰ He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved. ¹¹ So God dispatches the power of deceit (error) to work in them so that they are allowed to believe what is false.

¹ The Spirit explicitly says that some will fall away from the faith (truth) in later times. Spirits and doctrines of demons will seduce them,

¹ The Spirit explicitly says that some will fall away from the faith (truth) in later times. Spirits and doctrines of demons will seduce them, ² through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron. ³ They will forbid marrying, [and command] to abstain from food, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

¹ Know this also that in the last days perilous (dangerous) times will come. ² For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous (lovers of money), arrogant, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful (ungrateful), unholy, ³ unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, despisers of those who are good, ⁴ traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; ⁵ having a form of godliness, but denying its power. Stay away from people like this! ⁶ Among them are those who creep into houses and lead captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away with various lusts.

¹³ But evil men and impostors will become worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

²⁹ What about those who despise the Son of God? Those who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God’s covenant that purified them from sin? Those who insult the Spirit of grace? Think how much worse the punishment they deserve will be!

¹⁷ Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Reverence and respect God. Honor the king.

¹ There arose false prophets among the people. There will be false teachers among you! They will privately bring in destructive heresies (contrary doctrines), denying even the Master who bought them. They bring swift destruction on themselves. ² Many will follow their lascivious (filthy sensual) deeds. The way of the truth will be maligned. ³ They speak evil words about you because of their extreme greed. They will exploit you with false evil words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle. Their destruction will not delay.

¹⁰ The day of Jehovah will come as a thief. The heavens will pass away with a great noise. The elements shall be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up (destroyed). (Joel 2:31) (Zephaniah 1:14)

¹⁵ This wisdom is not a wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and devilish.

⁷ The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

¹ Beloved, do not believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see whether they are from God. This is because many false prophets have gone out into the world. ² Here is how you know the Spirit of God, every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ came in the flesh is from God. ³ Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist that you heard was coming and now it is already in the world.

⁴ John, to the seven congregations in Asia: May you have grace and peace from him who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

⁸ »I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end,« says Jehovah (YHWH) God, »the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty (all ruling) (universal sovereign).« (Isaiah 48:12)

²¹ »'I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality.

³ »'Remember what you received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you do not stay awake, I will come to you like a thief. You will not know the hour when I will come to you. ⁴ »'You have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled (defiled) their garments. They will walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

¹⁰ »'Because you have kept the word of my patience (endurance), I also will keep you from the hour of testing. This will come upon the whole world to test (scrutinize) (discipline) (examine) those who dwell on the earth.

¹⁸ »'I counsel you to buy gold from me, gold purified by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed. In this way the shame of your nakedness will not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see.

⁵ Lightnings and thunders and voices came from the throne. There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne. These are the seven Spirits of God.

⁸ Each of the four living creatures has six wings. They are full of eyes around and within. »Never resting day or night, they say: Holy, holy, holy, Jehovah God the Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.«

⁹ When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the persons who were slaughtered because of the word of God, and for the witness they gave. ¹⁰ They cried with a loud voice, saying: »How long, O Lord, holy and true, before you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?« ¹¹ Each of them was given a white robe. They were told that they should rest for a little while. [They were to wait] until the [number] of their fellow servants and their brothers, who would be killed, as they were, should be fulfilled. ¹² When he opened the sixth seal I saw a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon became like blood.

¹⁴ The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled together. Every mountain and island was moved from their places.

¹⁷ »For the great day of his wrath has come; and who will be able to stand?«

² I saw another angel ascending from the east. He had the seal of the living God. He cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea.

¹⁵ The seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were great voices in heaven, saying: »The kingdom of the world has become our God’s, and his Christ will rule as king forever and ever.«

¹⁷ Saying: »We give you thanks, Jehovah God the Almighty, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power, and begun to rule as king. (Exodus 6:3) (Amos 4:13) ¹⁸ »The nations were angry. Your wrath (indignation) has come! It is time to judge the dead, to reward your servants the prophets, the holy ones, and those who reverence your name the small and the great. Time to destroy (exterminate) (eradicate) those who destroy the earth.« ¹⁹ The temple of God was opened in heaven. There was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant. And there were lightnings and voices and thunder and an earthquake and great hail.

³ Another sign appeared in heaven. It was a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. ⁴ His tail swept a third of the stars of heaven, and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered. He was ready to devour her child as soon as it was born.

⁹ The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him.

⁹ The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him. ¹⁰ I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, »Now has come the salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power (authority) of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accused them before our God day and night. ¹¹ They conquered (overcame) him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they did not love their lives when faced with death. ¹² Therefore rejoice (be glad), you heavens, and you that dwell in them. But woe to the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having fierce anger, because he knows that he has only a short time.« ¹³ When the dragon saw that he was thrown to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male-child.

¹ The dragon stood on the shore by the sea. I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns. His horns had ten crowns on them. Blasphemous names were on his heads.

¹ The dragon stood on the shore by the sea. I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns. His horns had ten crowns on them. Blasphemous names were on his heads. ² The beast I saw looked like a leopard. His feet were like the feet of a bear. His mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority.

² The beast I saw looked like a leopard. His feet were like the feet of a bear. His mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority. ³ One of his heads appeared to have had a fatal wound. His fatal wound had healed, and the entire world followed the beast with admiration.

³ One of his heads appeared to have had a fatal wound. His fatal wound had healed, and the entire world followed the beast with admiration.

³ One of his heads appeared to have had a fatal wound. His fatal wound had healed, and the entire world followed the beast with admiration. ⁴ Men worshiped the dragon that gave power to the beast. They worshiped the beast, saying: »Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?«

⁴ Men worshiped the dragon that gave power to the beast. They worshiped the beast, saying: »Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?« ⁵ A mouth speaking great things and blasphemies was given to the beast. And authority to act was given to him to continue forty-two months. ⁶ He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, to slander his name, and his dwelling place, and those who live in heaven. ⁷ It was granted to him to wage war with the holy ones, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all tribes, and tongues, and nations.

¹⁰ He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity. He who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. This requires the patience and the faith of the holy ones. ¹¹ Then I saw another wild beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and he spoke like a dragon. ¹² He exercises all the authority of the first beast that came ahead of him. The second beast causes the earth and those who live there to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. ¹³ He performed great signs, so that he made fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.

¹³ He performed great signs, so that he made fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. ¹⁴ And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles he had power to do in the sight of the beast. He says to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast that had the wound by a sword and yet lives.

¹⁴ And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles he had power to do in the sight of the beast. He says to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast that had the wound by a sword and yet lives. ¹⁵ He had power to give breath to the image of the beast and to make that image of the beast speak. He caused many to be killed, those who would not worship the image of the beast.

¹⁵ He had power to give breath to the image of the beast and to make that image of the beast speak. He caused many to be killed, those who would not worship the image of the beast. ¹⁶ And he forces all persons, the great and the small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. ¹⁷ No one could buy or sell without the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name. ¹⁸ This requires wisdom. Let him that has understanding calculate the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

⁷ He spoke in a loud voice: »Respect God, and give him glory! The hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.« ⁸ Another angel followed, saying: »Babylon the great has fallen. She has fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.« ⁹ The third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: »If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

⁹ The third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: »If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, ¹⁰ »the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

¹⁰ »the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

¹⁰ »the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation. He will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb. ¹¹ »The smoke of their torment will ascend forever and ever. They who worship the beast and his image and receive the mark of his name have no rest day or night.

¹⁵ Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud: »Thrust in your sickle, and reap! The time has come for you to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.« ¹⁶ He who sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. ¹⁷ Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ And yet another angel came out from the altar. He had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle. He said: »Thrust in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.«

¹ I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues. God uses them to finish expressing his anger.

³ They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: »Great and marvelous are your works, Jehovah God, the Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of the ages (Eternal King) (King of the nations) (King of the holy ones). (Deuteronomy 31:30; 32:4) (Exodus 6:3) ⁴ »Who will not reverence you, Jehovah, and glorify your name, for only you are holy. All nations will come and worship you. Your righteous judgments are clearly apparent.« ⁵ After that I noticed the temple of the sanctuary of the tent of witness was opened in heaven.

⁵ After that I noticed the temple of the sanctuary of the tent of witness was opened in heaven. ⁶ The seven angels with the seven plagues came out of the temple. They were clothed in pure white linen, with their chests girded with golden girdles.

⁶ The seven angels with the seven plagues came out of the temple. They were clothed in pure white linen, with their chests girded with golden girdles. ⁷ One of the four beasts gave the seven angels bowls full of the anger of God who lives forever and ever. ⁸ The temple was filled with smoke from the glory and power of God. No man was able to enter into the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

¹ I heard a loud voice from the temple say to the seven angels: Go your way, and pour out the bowls of the anger of God on the earth. ² The first poured out his bowl on the earth. A painful and grievous sore appeared on the men who had the mark of the beast, and upon those who worshiped his image.

² The first poured out his bowl on the earth. A painful and grievous sore appeared on the men who had the mark of the beast, and upon those who worshiped his image. ³ Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea. It became like the blood of a dead man, and every living being died in the sea. ⁴ Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and fountains of waters and they became blood.

⁴ Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and fountains of waters and they became blood. ⁵ I heard the angel of the waters say: »You are righteous, Jehovah, who are, and was, the Holy One, because you have judged these things. (Exodus 3:14)

⁵ I heard the angel of the waters say: »You are righteous, Jehovah, who are, and was, the Holy One, because you have judged these things. (Exodus 3:14) ⁶ »They have shed the blood of the holy ones and prophets. You give them blood to drink for they deserve it.« ⁷ I heard another say: »Even so, Jehovah God the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.« (Deuteronomy 32:4) (Psalm 145:17) (Exodus 6:3)

⁷ I heard another say: »Even so, Jehovah God the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.« (Deuteronomy 32:4) (Psalm 145:17) (Exodus 6:3) ⁸ The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun. Authority was given to him to scorch men with fire. ⁹ Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

⁹ Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory. ¹⁰ Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became full of darkness. And they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.

¹⁰ Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became full of darkness. And they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. ¹¹ They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains, but they did not repent.

¹¹ They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains, but they did not repent.

¹¹ They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains, but they did not repent. ¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates. Its water was dried up so that the way might be prepared for the kings from the east.

¹⁴ They are demonic spirits, working signs, which go to the kings of the earth, of the whole world. They gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

¹⁶ He gathered them together to a place called in the Hebrew tongue Har-Magedon. ¹⁷ Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came out of the temple of heaven. It said: »It is done!«

²¹ There fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent (45 to 100 pounds). Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague was exceeding great.

⁵ A name was written on her forehead, a mystery, »Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.« ⁶ I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the holy ones, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her I wondered greatly. ⁷ The angel said: »Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

⁹ »Here is where the mind that has wisdom comes in. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.

¹⁴ »They will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome (conquer) them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. Those who are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.« ¹⁵ He says to me: »The waters that you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and crowds, and nations, and languages.

¹⁷ »For God put in their hearts the desire to carry out his purpose, and to agree, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. ¹⁸ »The woman you saw is that great city that reigns over the kings of the earth.«

² He cried out with a strong voice: »Babylon the Great has fallen, she has fallen! She has become the habitation of demons, and a haunt for every unclean spirit. She is a prison for every unclean and hateful bird.

⁵ »For her sins have reached up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

¹⁰ »They will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, and say: 'Woe, woe to the great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.' ¹¹ »The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her. For no man buys their merchandise any more. ¹² »The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble, ¹³ »cinnamon, odors and ointments, frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, and sheep and horses, chariots and slaves and humans ¹⁴ »The fruits that you desired have departed from you. All things that were dainty and wonderful have departed from you. You will find them no more at all. ¹⁵ »The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing. ¹⁶ »They will say: 'Woe, woe to the great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! ¹⁷ »'In one hour these great riches came to nothing.' Every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood far off, ¹⁸ »and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying: 'What city is like this great city!' ¹⁹ »They threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying: 'Woe, woe to the great city. All that had ships in the sea became rich by her wealth. In one hour she was made desolate.' ²⁰ »Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God pronounced judgment for you against her.« ²¹ A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and hurled it into the sea. He said: »With violence the great city Babylon will be thrown down, and it will not be found any longer.

²³ »There will no longer be the light of a candle in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you. Your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your spiritistic practice all nations were deceived. ²⁴ »The blood of prophets, and of holy ones, and of all who were slain upon the earth was found in her.«

² »True and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her fornication. And has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.«

¹⁷ Then I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice to all the fowls that fly in midheaven: »Come and gather yourselves together to the supper of the great God; ¹⁸ »that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of military commanders, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.« ¹⁹ I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army.

¹⁹ I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army. ²⁰ The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet that performed signs before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.

²⁰ The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet that performed signs before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.

²⁰ The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet that performed signs before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur. ²¹ The rest were killed with the sword that came from the mouth of the one who sat on the horse. All the birds were filled with their flesh.

¹ I saw an angel come down from heaven. He had the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. ² He seized the dragon, the old serpent that is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. ³ He hurled him into the bottomless pit, and shut it and sealed it over him. He could not deceive the nations anymore till the thousand years ended. After that he must be let loose for a little while.

⁸ Satan will go out to deceive the nations that are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle. The number of these is as the sand of the sea (too great to count).

¹⁰ The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are, and will be tormented day and night forever. ¹¹ I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it. From before him the earth and heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.

⁶ And he said to me: »It is done! I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him who thirsts from the fountain of the water of life freely.

¹⁹ We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the (power of the) (under control of the) evil one.

¹⁶ »They will hunger no more, nor thirst any more; neither shall the sunlight beat down on them, nor any heat.

³ Another angel, with a golden incense vessel, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense so he could offer it with the prayers of all the holy ones upon the golden altar before the throne. ⁴ The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the holy ones, ascended up, out of the angel's hand, before God. ⁵ The angel took the incense vessel, and filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth. There were voices, and thundering and lightning, and an earthquake.

⁵ The angel took the incense vessel, and filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth. There were voices, and thundering and lightning, and an earthquake.

⁷ The first angel blew his trumpet. Hail and fire mixed with blood came down upon the earth. A third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. ⁸ The second angel blew his trumpet. Something like a great mountain burning with fire was hurled into the sea. A third of the sea became blood. ⁹ A third of the living creatures in the sea died. And a third of the ships were destroyed. ¹⁰ The third angel blew his trumpet. A great star burning like a lamp fell from heaven. It fell upon a third of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters. ¹¹ The star is called Wormwood (Calamity) (Bitterness): and a third of the waters became wormwood; and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter. ¹² The fourth angel blew his trumpet. A third of the sun was struck. A third of the moon, and a third of the stars were darkened. The illumination of both day and night was cut by one third.

² He opened the bottomless pit. Smoke came out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace. The smoke from the pit darkened the sun and the air.

¹¹ The angel of the bottomless pit was their king. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.

¹⁴ It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.

¹⁷ I saw the horses and riders in the vision. Their breastplates were bright red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. Their mouths issued fire, smoke, and brimstone. ¹⁸ A third of mankind was killed by these plagues of fire and smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths.

²⁰ The rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshipping demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.

² He held a little book that lay open in his hand. He placed his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the earth.

⁶ And he swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that are in it, and the earth, and the things that are in it, and the sea, and the things there, that there would be no more delay. ⁷ But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he will sound his trumpet, the secret of God is finished, just as he declared to his servants the prophets.

² »Do not measure the court outside the temple for it is given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

⁶ These (two witnesses) have power to shut the sky so that it will not rain in the days of their prophecy. They have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

⁸ Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was impaled.

¹⁰ The inhabitants of the earth will celebrate and rejoice over them. They will rejoice and send gifts to one another. This is because these two prophets tormented those who lived on the earth.

¹³ In that same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand men were slain in the earthquake, and the survivors were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven. ¹⁴ The second woe has past. The third woe will come quickly.