I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God’s wrath is finished.
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- KJV And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
- BSB Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.
- NKJV Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete.
- NASB Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues, which are the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.
- NLT Then I saw in heaven another marvelous event of great significance. Seven angels were holding the seven last plagues, which would bring God’s wrath to completion.
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Quick answer
John sees seven angels with the seven last plagues, in which God's wrath is completed. This introduces the final series of judgments.
Overview
This 'great and marvelous sign' announces the seven last plagues that bring God's wrath to its appointed completion. The word 'finished' signals that these judgments consummate the outpouring of divine justice on the unrepentant world. Before the bowls fall, the scene first turns to the triumphant worship of the redeemed.
Cross-references & the web
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- Lev 26:21“‘If you walk contrary to me, and won’t listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.
- Rev 15:6–7The seven angels who had the seven plagues came out, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes around their breasts.
- Rev 21:9One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb’s bride.”
- Dan 4:2–3It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.
- Rev 19:15Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
- Dan 6:27He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
- Rev 14:10he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.
- Dan 12:6–7One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
- Rev 14:19The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God.
- Rev 16:1I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!”
- Matt 13:41–42The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,
- Rev 8:6The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- Rev 10:3He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.
- Matt 13:49–50So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
- Dan 12:11–12From the time that the continual burnt offering shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred ninety days.
- Rev 11:14The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly.
- Rev 8:2I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
- Rev 12:1–3A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
- Rev 8:13I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!”
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