Sign 3: Seven Angels With The Seven Last Plagues, And The Overcomers Singing
15 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having seven plagues— the last, because the fury of God was finished[a] in them. 2 And I saw something like a sea of-glass[b] having been mixed with fire, and the ones overcoming[c] from the beast and from his image and from the number of his name standing upon the sea of-glass, holding harps of God. 3 And they are singing the song of Moses the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying “Your works are great and marvelous, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are righteous and true, King of the nations. 4 Who will never come-to-fear, Lord, and glorify Your name? Because You alone are holy. Because all the nations will come and worship[d] before You, because Your righteous-acts were revealed”.
Vision 4: The Seven Bowls of Wrath
5 And after these things I saw, and the temple of [e] the tabernacle[f] of [g] testimony[h] in heaven was opened[i]. 6 And the seven angels having the seven plagues[j] came out of the temple, having been dressed-in clean shining linen and having been girded-with golden belts around the chests. 7 And one of the four living-creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls being full of the fury of God, the One living forever and ever. 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from His power. And no one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.
Footnotes
- Revelation 15:1 This third sign in heaven is carried out in detail beginning in v 5. John refers to it here as if it were already accomplished, as in 10:7.
- Revelation 15:2 That is, made of glass, as in 4:6.
- Revelation 15:2 Or, coming off victorious from.
- Revelation 15:4 Or, prostrate-themselves.
- Revelation 15:5 That is, containing; or, consisting of.
- Revelation 15:5 Or, tent of witness.
- Revelation 15:5 That is, containing.
- Revelation 15:5 Or, witness. That is, the ark of the covenant.
- Revelation 15:5 This scene resumes from 11:19. This may be a reopening of that temple, or a new opening of an inner or outer temple.
- Revelation 15:6 This phrase refers back to what was seen in v 1, the sign there now actually taking place here.