1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And 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 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
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Fromnazareth's Revelation Chapter 16 comment on 8/30/2025, 10:44pm...
1. Seventh Bowl: "It is done!" (Rev 16:17-21)
The Seventh Angel pours the final bowl.
Cosmic judgment follows (earthquake, hail).
Babylon is "remembered." At this point she is already doomed, but the details are not yet given.
2. The Same Seventh Angel The Vision of the Harlot (Rev 17:1)
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"And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls saying, Come, I will show you the judgment of the Great Harlot."
So the same angel who just poured out the final plague now turns to John and explains the fate of Babylon.
3. Literary Technique: Announcement Expansion
This is very St. John
In 16:19, the fate of Babylon is announced in one line.
In 17-18, the vision of the Harlot expands and dramatizes that fate.
That means we proposed tense shift -
"Babylon the Great was remembered; God will give her the cup"
- is fully justified:
At the Seventh Bowl she is already "remembered for judgment."
The execution of that judgment is unfolded narratively in the following chapters.
4. Theological Structure
Harlot destroyed (ch. 17-18) Bride revealed (ch. 19-21).
One city dies; the other descends.
Same angel links them, showing continuity: the wrath that ended Babylon prepares the way for the marriage of the Lamb.
Resolution - "God will give her the cup of the wine of His wrath" - fits both the grammar (future sense implied after remembrance) and the narrative flow (the same angel shows St. John the execution and judgment.
My propose is change text .
Sammi's Revelation Chapter 16 comment on 11/28/2022, 3:27pm...
This is the second reply I give to you . Here are a couple of scriptures that back up my conclusion about Jesus's tears being because people he loved were reproaching him for not coming to Lazarus's aid sooner , Romans chapter 15 verses 3 + 4 and Psalm 69 verse 9 . When someone we love dies , how many of us blame / reproach God ? It makes me sad that so many people who don't even believe in God or Jesus , are very quick to blame God when anything bad happens in their lives .
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