Revelation 16:4

God's Word

The third angel poured his bowl over the rivers and the springs. They turned into blood.

Cross References

Psalm 78:44

He turned their rivers into blood so that they could not drink from their streams.

Exodus 8:5

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Hold your staff over the rivers, canals, and ponds. This will bring frogs onto the land.’ ”

Isaiah 50:2

Why was no one here when I came? Why was no one here to answer when I called? Am I too weak to reclaim you? Don’t I have the power to rescue you? I dry up the sea with my command, and I turn rivers into deserts. Their fish stink because there is no water, and people die of thirst.

Ezekiel 35:8

I will fill your mountains with those who have been killed. Those killed in battle will fall on your hills and in your valleys and ravines.

Hosea 13:15

The people of Ephraim have become important among their relatives. However, the Lord’s scorching wind will come from the east. It will blow out of the desert. Then their springs will run dry, and their wells will dry up. The wind will destroy every precious thing in their storehouses.

Revelation 11:6

These witnesses have authority to shut the sky in order to keep rain from falling during the time they speak what God has revealed. They have authority to turn water into blood and to strike the earth with any plague as often as they want.

Revelation 14:7

The angel said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the time has come for him to judge. Worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs.”

Revelation 16:5

Then I heard the angel of the water say, “You are fair. You are the one who is and the one who was, the holy one, because you have judged these things.