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God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, O Thou art just, O Lord, who art, and who wast,
King of ages. the Holy One, because thou hast judged these
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and mag- things:
nify thy name? For thou only art holy: for all 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and
nations shall come, and shall adore in thy sight, prophets, and thou hast given them blood to
because thy judgments are manifest. drink; for they are worthy.
5 And after these things I looked; and behold, 7 And I heard another, from the altar, saying:
the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in Yea, O Lord God Almighty, true and just are thy
heaven was opened: judgments.
6 And the seven angels came out of the tem- 8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial
ple, having the seven plagues, clothed with clean upon the sun, and it was given unto him to afflict
and white linen, and girt about the breasts with men with heat and fire:
golden girdles. 9 And men were scorched with great heat,
7 And one of the four living creatures gave to and they blasphemed the name of God, who
the seven angels seven golden vials, full of the hath power over these plagues, neither did they
wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. penance to give him glory.
8 And the temple was filled with smoke from 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial
the majesty of God, and from his power; and no upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom be-
man was able to enter into the temple, till the came dark, and they gnawed their tongues for
seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. pain:
11 And they blasphemed the God of heaven,
because of their pains and wounds, and did not
Chapter 16 penance for their works.
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial
And I heard a great voice out of the temple, say- upon that great river Euphrates; and dried up
ing to the seven angels: Go, and pour out the the water thereof, that a way might be prepared
seven vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. for the kings from the rising of the sun.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial 13 And I saw from the mouth of the dragon,
upon the earth, and there fell a sore and grievous and from the mouth of the beast, and from the
wound upon men, who had the character of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits
beast; and upon them that adored the image like frogs.
thereof. 14 For they are the spirits of devils working
3 And the second angel poured out his vial signs, and they go forth unto the kings of the
upon the sea, and there came blood as it were whole earth, to gather them to battle against
of a dead man; and every living soul died in the the great day of the Almighty God.
sea. 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he
4 And the third poured out his vial upon the that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest
rivers and the fountains of waters; and there was he walk naked, and they see his shame.
made blood. 16 And he shall gather them together into a
5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying: place, which in Hebrew is called Armagedon.