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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Revelation 16 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/revelation/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/revelation/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Revelation 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../revelation/15.htm" title="Revelation 15">◄</a> Revelation 16 <a href="../revelation/17.htm" title="Revelation 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/revelation/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>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.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>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.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs, and they became blood. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And I heard the angel who had authority over all water saying,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“You are just, O Holy One, who is and who always was,</p><p class="line2">because you have sent these judgments.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Since they shed the blood</p><p class="line2">of your holy people and your prophets,</p><p class="line1">you have given them blood to drink.</p><p class="line2">It is their just reward.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And I heard a voice from the altar,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> saying,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty,</p><p class="line2">your judgments are true and just.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, causing it to scorch everyone with its fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Everyone 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.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> in anguish, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And I saw three evil<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> spirits that looked like frogs leap from the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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.</p><p class="b"/><p class="pmo"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">“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.”</span></p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name <span class="it">Armageddon</span>.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then the thunder crashed and rolled, and lightning flashed. And a great earthquake struck—the worst since people were placed on the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And every island disappeared, and all the mountains were leveled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>There was a terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighing as much as seventy-five pounds<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> fell from the sky onto the people below. They cursed God because of the terrible plague of the hailstorm.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:7 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">I heard the altar.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:10 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">gnawed their tongues.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:13 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">unclean.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Harmagedon.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">16:21 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">1 talent</span><span class="ft"> [34 kilograms].</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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