1. Then I heard a loud voice from the temple speaking to the seven angels. "Go," it said. "Pour out the seven bowls of God's anger on the earth."
2. The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land. Ugly and painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his statue.
3. The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea. It turned into blood like the blood of a dead person. Every living thing in the sea died.
4. The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and on the springs of water. They became blood.
5. Then I heard the angel who was in charge of the waters. He said, "The way you judge is fair. You are the Holy One. You are the One who is and who was.
6. The beast's worshipers have poured out the life's blood of your people and your prophets. So you have given those worshipers blood to drink. That's exactly what they should get."
7. Then I heard the altar reply, "Lord God who rules over all, the way you judge is true and fair."
8. The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun. The sun was allowed to burn people with fire.
9. They were burned by the blazing heat. So they spoke evil things against the name of God, who controlled these plagues. But they refused to turn away from their sins. They did not give glory to God.
10. The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast. The kingdom of the beast became very dark. People bit their tongues because they were suffering so much.
11. They spoke evil things against the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. But they refused to turn away from the sins they had committed.
12. The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates. Its water dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.