Then one of the four living creatures gave seven golden bowls to the seven angels. The bowls were filled with the anger of God, who lives for ever and ever.
The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land. Horrid, painful sores broke out on people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped its statue.
and swore an oath in the name of the God who lives for ever and ever, who created the sky, earth, and sea and everything in them. The angel said, “There won’t be any more delay!
Then the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down in front of the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense. These bowls stand for the prayers of God’s people.
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come, I’ll show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
All the other believers are already talking about the kind of welcome you gave us, about how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God,
they too will drink the wine of God’s great anger! His wine has been poured full strength into the cup of his anger. They will be burned with flaming sulfur, and the holy angels and the Lamb will witness their punishment.
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came to me and said, “Come, I’ll show you how the great prostitute is going be punished. She’s the one who sits on many waters.