And another second angel followed him saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, she who from the wine of the fury of her lust has drunk up all the nations. And another third angel followed them saying in a great voice: If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark upon his forehead or his hand, he himself also shall drink of the wine of the fury of God, which has been poured of unmixed wine in the cup of his anger, and he shall be tortured with fire and sulphur before the holy angels and before the Lamb. And the smoke of their torture shall go up forever and ever, and they shall not rest, day and night, they who worship the beast and his image, and any who takes the mark of his name.
Such is the endurance of the saints, who keep the commands of God and the faith of Jesus.
And I heard a voice out of the sky saying: Write. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord henceforth. Yes, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their labors; for what they have done goes with them.
Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting upon the cloud one who was like the son of man, wearing upon his head a crown of gold and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying in a great voice to him who sat upon the cloud: Put forth your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he who was sitting upon the cloud put forth his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was harvested. And another angel came out of the temple in the sky, he also having a sharp sickle. And another angel came from the altar, he who has charge of the fire, and spoke in a great voice to the holder of the sharp sickle, saying: Put forth your sharp sickle and cut the clusters on the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe. And the angel put forth his sickle on the earth, and gathered from the vine of the earth and put the grapes in the great press of the anger of God. And the press was trampled outside the city, and the blood from the press came up to the bridles of the horses, for sixteen hundred furlongs.
•I. Then I saw another portent in the sky, great and wonderful, seven angels who have seven plagues which are the last, because the anger of God is fulfilled in them. And I saw what was like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had come triumphant from the beast and his image and the number of his name standing by the sea of glass, with the lyres of God. They sang the song of Moses the slave of God and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and wonderful are your works, Lord God almighty; just and true your ways, King of the nations; who shall not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? Because you alone are holy, because all the nations will come and worship before you, because your judgments are made manifest.
After this I looked, and the temple of the pavilion of testimony was opened in heaven, and the seven angels with the seven plagues came out of the temple wearing clean bright linen and girt beneath the arms with belts of gold. And one of the four animals gave to the seven angels seven bowls full of the anger of the God who lives forever and ever. And the temple was full of the smoke of the glory of God, and of his power, and no one was able to go into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels are done with.
41 Then I heard a great voice from the temple saying to the seven angels: Go and pour out the seven bowls of the anger of God upon the earth. And the first went forth and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and there was a sad sore wound inflicted upon the men who have the mark of the beast and worship his image. Then the second poured out his bowl upon the sea; and there was blood as from a dead man, and every living thing died which was in the sea. And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of the waters; and they turned to blood. I heard the angel of the waters saying: You are just, you who are and were, the holy one, because you made these judgments, because they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They are worthy of this. And I heard from the altar a voice saying: Yes, Lord God almighty, true and just are your judgments. Then the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was granted to it to burn men in fire. And men were burned in a great blaze, and they blasphemed the name of God who holds authority over these plagues, and did not repent so as to give him glory. The fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom turned dark, and they chewed their tongues from pain, and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pain and their wounds, and did not repent of their works. And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried, so as to make ready the way of the kings from the rising of the sun. And I saw from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet three unclean breaths, like frogs; for these are breaths of spirits, making portents, which go out to the kings of all the world, to gather them for the battle of the great day of almighty God.
Behold, I come like a thief; blessed is he who is watchful and keeps care of his clothes, so that he does not walk about naked and people see his disorderliness.
And he brought them together in the place which is called in Hebrew Armageddon.
Then the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air; and a great voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying: It is done. And there were lightning flashes and voices and thunders, and there was a great earthquake, such as there has not been since man has been upon the earth, so great was this earthquake. And the great city was made into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell down. Then Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of his anger. And every island fled, and the mountains were not found. And hail heavy as talents' weight came down from the sky upon men; and the men blasphemed God from the affliction of the hail, for its affliction is very great.
41 Then there came one of the seven angels who held the bowls and talked with me, saying: Come here, I will show you the judgment upon the great harlot who sits upon many waters, with whom the kings of the earth have made free, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk on the wine of her lechery. He took me away in the spirit to a deserted place. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of the names of blasphemy, with seven heads and ten horns. The woman was wearing purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold and precious stone and pearls, with a golden cup in her hand, full of the abomination and filthiness of her harlotry, and on her forehead a name written, a mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth. And I saw the woman drunk from the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with a great wonder. Then the angel said to me: Why did you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast who carries her, who has the seven heads and the ten horns. The beast you saw was and is not, and will come up out of the bottomless pit and go to destruction; and the inhabitants of the earth will admire him, they whose names have not been written in the book of life from the establishment of the world, when they see the beast and that he was and is not and is to be. Thus interprets the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills, where the woman sits, upon them. And there are seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not come yet, and when he comes, short is the time he is to stay. And the beast who was and is not, he too is the eighth and comes from the seven, and he goes to destruction. And the ten horns you saw are ten kings, who have not yet taken their kingdom, but take their authority as kings for one season together with the beast. These have a single will, and they give their power and authority to the beast. These shall fight with the Lamb and the Lamb shall defeat them, because he is the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings, and those on his side are called and chosen and faithful. Then he said to me: The waters you saw, on whom the harlot is sitting, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. And the ten horns you saw, and the beast, they shall hate the harlot and make her desolate and naked, and eat her flesh, and burn her with fire; for God has given it into their hearts to do his will, and make one purpose and give their kingship to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. And the woman you saw is the great city who holds kingship over the kings of the earth.