16: 2 And the first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth; and 165it became a bad and malignant sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and that 166worshipped his image.
165Or, there came And so in vss. 3, 4.
166See marginal note on ch. 3:9.
16: 3 And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every 167living soul died, even the things that were in the sea.
167Gk. soul of life
16: 4 And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; 168and it became blood.
168So Cℵ f 1678 94 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg. But p47A 1611 2053 (2062) f 1006 syr cop read and they became blood.
16: 5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, who art and who wast, thou Holy One, because thou didst thus 169judge:
169Or, judge. 6 Because they poured out ... prophets, thou hast given them blood also to drink:
16: 6 for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.
16: 7 And I heard the altar saying, Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
16: 8 And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto 170it to scorch men with fire.
170Or, him
16: 9 And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God who hath the authority over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory.
16: 10 And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and its kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
16: 11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they repented not of their works.
16: 12 And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising.
16: 13 And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs:
16: 14 for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth 171unto the kings of the whole 172world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
171Or, upon
172Gk. οικουμενη, inhabited earth,
16: 15 (Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
16: 16 And he gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew 173Har-Mageddon.
173Or, Ar-Magedon.
16: 17 And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air; and there came forth a great voice out of the 174temple, from the throne, saying, 175It is done.
174So p47A 1611 2053 2062 f 1678 vg syr. 94 2344vid 792vid 1854 82 read heaven from the throne, ℵ (f 808) read temple of God, 469 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read temple of heaven from the throne,
175Or, It has happened. Similar to ch. 21:6.
16: 18 and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since 176there were men upon the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.
176(p47)A almost alone read there was a man upon etc.
16: 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the 177nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
177Or, Gentiles
16: 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
16: 21 And great hail, every stone about the 178weight of a talent, cometh down out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceeding great.
178About 45 cm diameter, if literal. Cf. Mt 18:24.
