English / ERV
Revelation 16
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple. It said to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of God’s anger on the earth.”
- 2The first angel left. He poured out his bowl on the land. Then all those who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its idol got sores that were ugly and painful.
- 3The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea. Then the sea became blood like a dead man’s blood. And everything living in the sea died.
- 4The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water. The rivers and the springs of water became blood.
- 5Then I heard the angel of the waters say to God, “You are the one who is and who always was. You are the Holy One. You are right in these judgments you have made.
- 6The people have spilled the blood of your holy people and your prophets. Now you have given those people blood to drink. This is what they deserve.”
- 7And I heard the altar say, “Yes, Lord God All-Powerful, your judgments are true and right.”
- 8The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun. The sun was given power to burn the people with fire.
- 9The people were burned by the great heat. They cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues. But they refused to change their hearts and lives and give glory to God.
- 10The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast. And darkness covered the beast’s kingdom. People bit their tongues because of the pain.
- 11They cursed the God of heaven because of their pain and the sores they had. But they refused to change their hearts and turn away from the evil things they did.
- 12The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates. The water in the river was dried up. This prepared the way for the rulers from the east to come.