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Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone ^(ah)worships the beast and his ^(ai)image, and receives a ^(aj)mark on his forehead or on his hand,

he also will drink of the ^(ak)wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed ^[f]in full strength ^(al)in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with ^(am)fire and ^[g]brimstone in the presence of the ^(an)holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

And the ^(ao)smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; ^(ap)they have no rest day and night, those who ^(aq)worship the beast and his ^(ar)image, and ^[h]whoever receives the ^(as)mark of his name."

Here is ^(at)the ^[i]perseverance of the ^[j]saints who ^(au)keep the commandments of God and ^[k](av)their faith in Jesus.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, ‘^(aw)Blessed are the dead who ^(ax)die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," ^(ay)says the Spirit, "so that they may ^(az)rest from their labors, for their ^(ba)deeds follow with them."

Then I looked, and behold, a ^(bb)white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one ^(bc)like ^[l]a son of man, having a golden ^(bd)crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.

And another angel ^(be)came out of the ^[m]temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, "^[n](bf)Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the ^(bg)harvest of the earth ^[o]is ripe."

Then He who sat on the cloud ^[p]swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

And another angel ^(bh)came out of the ^[q]temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle.

Then another angel, ^(bi)the one who has power over fire, came out from ^(bj)the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "^[r](bk)Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters ^[s]from the vine of the earth, ^(bl)because her grapes are ripe."

So the angel ^[t]swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into ^(bm)the great wine press of the wrath of God.

And ^(bn)the wine press was trodden ^(bo)outside the city, and ^(bp)blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses' bridles, ^[u]for a distance of ^[v]two hundred miles.

Then I saw ^(a)another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, ^(b)seven angels who had ^(c)seven plagues, which are ^(d)the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.

And I saw something like a ^(e)sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had ^(f)been victorious ^[a]over the ^(g)beast and ^(h)his image and the ⁽ⁱ⁾number of his name, standing on the ^(j)sea of glass, holding ^(k)harps of God.

And they *sang the ^(l)song of Moses, ^(m)the bond-servant of God, and the ⁽ⁿ⁾song of the Lamb, saying, "^(o)Great and marvelous are Your works, ^(p)O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, ^(q)King of the ^[b]nations!

"^(r)Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; For ^(s) all the nations will come and worship before You , For Your ^[c](t) righteous acts have been revealed ."

After these things I looked, and ^(u)the ^[d]temple of the ^(v)tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened,

and the ^(w)seven angels who had the seven plagues ^(x)came out of the ^[e]temple, clothed in ^[f]linen, clean and bright, and ^(y)girded around their chests with golden sashes.

Then one of the ^(z)four living creatures gave to the ^(aa)seven angels seven ^(ab)golden bowls full of the ^(ac)wrath of God, who ^(ad)lives forever and ever.

And the ^[g]temple was filled with ^(ae)smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the ^[h]temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

Then I heard a loud voice from ^(a)the ^[a]temple, saying to the ^(b)seven angels, "Go and ^(c)pour out ^[b]on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God."

So the first angel went and poured out his bowl ^[c](d)on the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant ^(e)sore on the ^[d]people ^(f)who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

The second angel poured out his bowl ^(g)into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living ^[e]thing in the sea died.

Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the ^(h)rivers and the springs of waters; and they ⁽ⁱ⁾became blood.

And I heard the angel of the waters saying, "^(j)Righteous are You, ^(k)who are and who were, O ^(l)Holy One, because You ^(m)judged these things;

for they poured out ⁽ⁿ⁾the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them ^(o)blood to drink. They ^[f]deserve it."

And I heard ^(p)the altar saying, "Yes, O ^(q)Lord God, the Almighty, ^(r)true and righteous are Your judgments."

The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon ^(s)the sun, ^(t)and it was given to it to scorch men with fire.

Men were scorched with ^[g]fierce heat; and they ^(u)blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they ^(v)did not repent so as to ^(w)give Him glory.

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(x)throne of the beast, and his kingdom became ^(y)darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain,

and they ^(z)blasphemed the ^(aa)God of heaven because of their pains and their ^(ab)sores; and they ^(ac)did not repent of their deeds.

The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(ad)great river, the Euphrates; and ^(ae)its water was dried up, so that ^(af)the way would be prepared for the kings ^(ag)from the ^[h]east.

And I saw coming out of the mouth of the ^(ah)dragon and out of the mouth of the ^(ai)beast and out of the mouth of the ^(aj)false prophet, three ^(ak)unclean spirits like ^(al)frogs;

for they are ^(am)spirits of demons, ^(an)performing signs, which go out to the kings of the ^(ao)whole ^[i]world, to ^(ap)gather them together for the war of the ^(aq)great day of God, the Almighty.

("Behold, ^(ar)I am coming like a thief. ^(as)Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, ^(at)so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.")

And they ^(au)gathered them together to the place which ^(av)in Hebrew is called ^[j](aw)Har-Magedon.

Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon ^(ax)the air, and a ^(ay)loud voice came out of the ^[k](az)temple from the throne, saying, "^(ba)It is done."

And there were flashes of ^(bb)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was ^(bc)a great earthquake, ^(bd)such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty.

^(be)The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the ^[l]nations fell. ^(bf)Babylon the great was ^(bg)remembered before God, to give her ^(bh)the cup of the wine of ^[m]His fierce wrath.

And ^(bi)every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

And ^(bj)huge ^[n]hailstones, about ^[o]one hundred pounds each, *came down from heaven upon men; and men ^(bk)blasphemed God because of the ^(bl)plague of the hail, because its plague *was extremely ^[p]severe.

^(a)Then one of the ^(b)seven angels who had the ^(c)seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I will show you ^(d)the judgment of the ^(e)great harlot who ^(f)sits on many waters,

with whom ^(g)the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and ^(h)those who dwell on the earth were ⁽ⁱ⁾made drunk with the wine of her immorality."

And ^(j)he carried me away ^[a](k)in the Spirit ^(l)into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a ^(m)scarlet beast, full of ⁽ⁿ⁾blasphemous names, having ^(o)seven heads and ten horns.

The woman ^(p)was clothed in purple and scarlet, and ^[b]adorned with gold and precious ^[c]stones and pearls, having in her hand ^(q)a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality,

and on her forehead a name was written, a ^(r)mystery, "^(s)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF ^(t)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."

And I saw the woman drunk with ^(u)the blood of the ^[d]saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered ^[e]greatly.

And the angel said to me, "Why ^[f]do you wonder? I will tell you the ^(v)mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the ^(w)seven heads and the ten horns.

"^(x)The beast that you saw ^(y)was, and is not, and is about to ^(z)come up out of the ^(aa)abyss and ^[g](ab)go to destruction. And ^(ac)those who dwell on the earth, ^(ad)whose name has not been written in the book of life ^(ae)from the foundation of the world, will ^(af)wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come.

^(ag)Here is the mind which has wisdom. The ^(ah)seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits,

and they are seven ^(ai)kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.

The beast which ^(aj)was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he ^(ak)goes to destruction.

The ^(al)ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast ^(am)for one hour.

These have ^(an)one ^[h]purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

These will wage ^(ao)war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will ^(ap)overcome them, because He is ^(aq)Lord of lords and ^(ar)King of kings, and ^(as)those who are with Him are the ^(at)called and chosen and faithful."

And he *said to me, "The ^(au)waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are ^(av)peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

And the ^(aw)ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her ^(ax)desolate and ^(ay)naked, and will ^(az)eat her flesh and will ^(ba)burn her up with fire.

For ^(bb)God has put it in their hearts to execute His ^[i]purpose ^[j]by ^(bc)having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the ^(bd)words of God will be fulfilled.

The woman whom you saw is ^(be)the great city, which ^[k]reigns over the kings of the earth."

After these things I saw another ^(a)angel ^(b)coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was ^(c)illumined with his glory.

And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, "^[a](d)Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She ^(e)has become a dwelling place of demons and a ^[b]prison of every ^(f)unclean spirit, and a ^[c]prison of every unclean and hateful bird.

For all the nations ^[d]have drunk of the ^(g)wine of the ^[e]passion of her immorality, and ^(h)the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the ⁽ⁱ⁾merchants of the earth have become rich by the ^[f]wealth of her ^[g](j)sensuality."

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "^(k)Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues;

for her sins have ^[h](l)piled up as high as heaven, and God has ^(m)remembered her iniquities.

⁽ⁿ⁾Pay her back even as she has paid, and ^[i]give back to her double according to her deeds; in the ^(o)cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.

^(p)To the degree that she glorified herself and ^(q)lived ^[j]sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘^(r)I sit as a queen and I am not a widow , and will never see mourning.'

For this reason ^(s)in one day her plagues will come, ^[k]pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be ^(t)burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her ^(u)is strong.

"And ^(v)the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and ^(w)lived ^[l]sensuously with her, will ^(x)weep and lament over her when they ^(y)see the smoke of her burning,

^(z)standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘^(aa)Woe, woe, ^(ab)the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in ^(ac)one hour your judgment has come.'

"And the ^(ad)merchants of the earth ^(ae)weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more—

cargoes of ^(af)gold and silver and precious ^[m]stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and ^[n]bronze and iron and marble,

and cinnamon and ^[o]spice and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and ^[p]slaves and ^[q](ag)human lives.

The fruit ^[r]you long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men will no longer find them.

The ^(ah)merchants of ^(ai)these things, who became rich from her, will ^(aj)stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,

saying, ‘^(ak)Woe, woe, ^(al)the great city, she who ^(am)was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and ^[s]adorned with gold and precious ^[t]stones and pearls;

for in ^(an)one hour such great wealth has been laid ^(ao)waste!' And ^(ap)every shipmaster and every ^[u]passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, ^(aq)stood at a distance,

and were ^(ar)crying out as they ^(as)saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘^(at)What city is like ^(au)the great city?'

And they threw ^(av)dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘^(aw)Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea ^(ax)became rich by her ^[v]wealth, for in ^(ay)one hour she has been laid ^(az)waste!'

^(ba)Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you ^[w]saints and ^(bb)apostles and prophets, because ^(bc)God has ^[x]pronounced judgment for you against her."

Then ^[y]a ^(bd)strong angel ^(be)took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So will Babylon, ^(bf)the great city, be thrown down with violence, and ^(bg)will not be found any longer.

And ^(bh)the sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the ^(bi)sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer;

and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the ^(bj)voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your ^(bk)merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived ^(bl)by your sorcery.

And in her was found the ^(bm)blood of prophets and of ^[z]saints and of ^(bn)all who have been slain on the earth."