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And they were singing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God All-Powerful; righteous and true are your ways, King of the ages!

And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever,

and the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

And I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God."

And I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God All-Powerful, true and righteous are your judgments."

And people were burned up by the great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they did not repent to give him glory.

And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pain and because of their sores, and they did not repent of their deeds.

For they are the spirits of demons performing signs that go out to the kings of the whole inhabited world, to gather them for the battle of the great day of God the All-Powerful.

And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of his furious wrath.

And large hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds, came down from the sky upon people, and the people blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, because the plague of it was very great.

For God put into their hearts to carry out his purpose and to make a unanimous decision and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.

because her sins have reached up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.

Because of this her plagues will come in one day— death and mourning and famine— and she will be burned up with fire, because the Lord God who passes judgment on her is powerful!"

Rejoice over her, heaven and the saints and the apostles and the prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment on her!"

After these things I heard something like the loud sound of a great crowd in heaven saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,

And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who is seated on the throne, saying, "Amen! Hallelujah!"

And a voice came out from the throne, saying, "Praise our God all his slaves, and those who fear him, the small and the great!"

And I heard something like the sound of a great crowd and something like the sound of many waters and something like the sound of powerful thunder, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord God, the All-Powerful, reigns!

And he said to me, "Write: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet of the wedding celebration of the Lamb!" And he said to me, "These are the true words of God."

And I fell down before his feet to worship him, and he said to me, "Do not do that! I am a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."