1And I heard a great voice out of the temple , saying to the seven angels, Go ye , and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth . 2And the first went , and poured out his bowl into the earth ; and it became a noisome and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast , and that worshipped his image . 3And the second poured out his bowl into the sea ; and it became blood as of a dead man ; and every living soul died , even the things that were in the sea . 4And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters ; and it became blood. 5And I heard the angel of the waters saying , Righteous art thou , who art and who wast, thou Holy One , because thou didst thus judge : 6for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets , and blood hast thou given them to drink : they are worthy. 7And I heard the altar saying , Yea , O Lord God , the Almighty , true and righteous are thy judgments . 8And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun ; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire . 9And men were scorched with great heat : and they blasphemed the name of God who hath the power over these plagues ; and they repented not to give him glory .
The Response of Humanity
10And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast ; and his kingdom was darkened ; and they gnawed their tongues for pain , 11and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores ; and they repented not of their works .
The Gathering for Armageddon
12And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river , the river Euphrates ; and the water thereof was dried up , that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising. 13And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon , and out of the mouth of the beast , and out of the mouth of the false prophet , three unclean spirits , as it were frogs: 14for they are spirits of demons , working signs ; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world , to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God , the 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.) 16And they gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew Har-Magedon.
The Final Judgment and the Fall of Babylon
17And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air; and there came forth a great voice out of the temple , from the throne , saying , It is done : 18and there were lightnings, and voices , and thunders ; and there was a great earthquake , such as was not since there were men upon the earth , so great an earthquake , so mighty . 19And the great city was divided into three parts , and the cities of the nations fell : and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God , to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath . 20And every island fled away , and the mountains were not found . 21And great hail , every stone about the weight of a talent , cometh down out of heaven upon men : and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail ; for the plague thereof is exceeding great .