Revelation 15 and 16

The Seven Bowls (chs. 15-16)

• Introduction: The Song of Moses and the Seven Angels with the Seven Plagues (ch. 15)
• First Bowl: Ugly and Painful Sores (16:1-2)
• Second Bowl: Sea Turns to Blood (16:3)
• Third Bowl: Rivers and Springs of Water Become Blood (16:4-7)
• Fourth Bowl: Sun Scorches People with Fire (16:8-9)
• Fifth Bowl: Darkness (16:10-11)
• Sixth Bowl: Euphrates River Dries Up (16:12-16)
• Seventh Bowl: Tremendous Earthquake (16:17-21)

Revelation 15 NLT

1 Then I saw in heaven another marvelous event of great significance. Seven angels were holding the seven last plagues, which would bring God’s wrath to completion. 

2 I saw before me what seemed to be a glass sea mixed with fire. And on it stood all the people who had been victorious over the beast and his statue and the number representing his name. They were all holding harps that God had given them. 

3 And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your works, O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations. 

4 Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed.” 

5 Then I looked and saw that the Temple in heaven, God’s Tabernacle, was thrown wide open. 

6 The seven angels who were holding the seven plagues came out of the Temple. They were clothed in spotless white linen with gold sashes across their chests. 

7 Then one of the four living beings handed each of the seven angels a gold bowl filled with the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. 

8 The Temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and power. No one could enter the Temple until the seven angels had completed pouring out the seven plagues.

Revelation 16 NLT

1 Then I heard a mighty voice from the Temple say to the seven angels, “Go your ways and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.” 

2 So the first angel left the Temple and poured out his bowl on the earth, and horrible, malignant sores broke out on everyone who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. 

3 Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse. And everything in the sea died. 

4Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs, and they became blood. 

5 And I heard the angel who had authority over all water saying, “You are just, O Holy One, who is and who always was, because you have sent these judgments. 

6 Since they shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is their just reward.” 

7 And I heard a voice from the altar, saying, “Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, your judgments are true and just.” 

8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, causing it to scorch everyone with its fire. 

9Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over all these plagues. They did not repent of their sins and turn to God and give him glory. 

10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. His subjects ground their teeth in anguish, 

11 and they cursed the God of heaven for their pains and sores. But they did not repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. 

12Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River, and it dried up so that the kings from the east could march their armies toward the west without hindrance. 

13 And I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs leap from the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. 

14 They are demonic spirits who work miracles and go out to all the rulers of the world to gather them for battle against the Lord on that great judgment day of God the Almighty. 

15 “Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.” 

16 And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name. 

17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. And a mighty shout came from the throne in the Temple, saying, “It is finished!” 

18 Then the thunder crashed and rolled, and lightning flashed. And a great earthquake struck—the worst since people were placed on the earth. 

19The great city of Babylon split into three sections, and the cities of many nations fell into heaps of rubble. So God remembered all of Babylon’s sins, and he made her drink the cup that was filled with the wine of his fierce wrath. 

20 And every island disappeared, and all the mountains were leveled. 

21 There was a terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighing as much as seventy-five pounds fell from the sky onto the people below. They cursed God because of the terrible plague of the hailstorm.