1I saw in heaven another great and wonderful sign. Seven angels were about to bring the seven last plagues. The plagues would complete God’s anger.2Then I saw something that looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire. Standing beside the sea were those who had won the battle over the beast. They had also overcome its statue and the number of its name. They held harps given to them by God.3They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb. They sang, ‘Lord God who rules over all, everything you do is great and wonderful. King of the nations, your ways are true and fair.4Lord, who will not have respect for you? Who will not bring glory to your name? You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you. They see that the things you do are right.’5After this I looked, and I saw the temple in heaven. And it was opened. The temple is the holy tent where the tablets of the covenant law were kept.6Out of the temple came the seven angels who were bringing the seven plagues. They were dressed in clean, shining linen. They wore gold strips of cloth around their chests.7Then 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.8The temple was filled with smoke that came from the glory and power of God. No one could enter the temple at that time. They had to wait until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
Revelation 15
English Standard Version
The Seven Angels with Seven Plagues
1Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished. (Re 12:1; Re 12:3; Re 16:1; Re 17:1; Re 21:9)2And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands. (Re 4:6; Re 5:8; Re 12:11; Re 13:17; Re 14:2; Re 21:18; Re 21:21)3And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations![1] (Ex 15:1; De 31:30; De 32:3; Job 37:5; Ps 111:2; Ps 139:14; Ps 145:17; Ho 14:9; Heb 3:5; Re 16:7)4Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.” (Ps 86:9; Mal 2:2; Heb 7:26; Re 14:7; Re 16:5)5After this I looked, and the sanctuary of the tent[2] of witness in heaven was opened, (Ex 38:21; Nu 1:50; Ac 7:44; Re 11:19)6and out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright linen, with golden sashes around their chests. (Re 1:13; Re 15:1; Re 19:8)7And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever, (Re 1:18; Re 4:6; Re 4:9; Re 5:8; Re 5:13)8and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished. (Ex 40:34; Ex 40:35; 1Ki 8:10; 1Ki 8:11; 2Ch 5:13; Isa 6:4; Hag 2:7)