When he took the roll, the four animals and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each with a harp and gold bowls full of incense, that is, of the prayers of God's people.

Then one of the four animals gave the seven angels seven gold bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever,

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple say to the seven angels, "Go and empty the seven bowls of God's wrath upon the earth!"

Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the doom of the great idolatress who is seated on many waters,

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."

A bowl of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge soaked in the wine on a pike and held it to his lips.

So the first angel went and emptied his bowl upon the earth, and loathsome, painful sores attacked the men who bore the mark of the animal and worshiped its statue.

The second emptied his bowl upon the sea, and it turned into blood like a dead man's, and every live thing in the sea died.

The third emptied his bowl upon the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.

The fourth emptied his bowl upon the sun, and it was allowed to scorch mankind with its heat,

The fifth emptied his bowl upon the animal's throne, and its kingdom was plunged in darkness, and men gnawed their tongues in anguish

The sixth emptied his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and its waters dried up to make the way ready for the kings from the east.

The seventh emptied his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, "It is all over!"