1. Then I heard a loud voice from the sanctuary saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”
2. The first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and severely painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.
3. The second poured out his bowl into the sea. It turned to blood like a dead man’s, and all life in the sea died.
4. The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.
5. I heard the angel of the waters say:You are righteous,who is and who was, the Holy One, for You have decided these things.
6. Because they poured outthe blood of the saints and the prophets, You also gave them blood to drink;they deserve it!
7. Then I heard someone from the altar say:Yes, Lord God, the Almighty,true and righteous are Your judgments.
8. The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun. He was given the power to burn people with fire,
9. and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.
10. The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues because of their pain
11. and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, yet they did not repent of their actions.