hey shed the blood of saints and
prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. They are worthy.
(7)And I heard, out of the altar, one saying[16:7]: Even so, Lord God
the Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

(8)And the fourth poured out his cup upon the sun; and it was given to
it to scorch men with fire. (9)And men were scorched with great heat,
and blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues,
and repented not, to give him glory.

(10)And the fifth poured out his cup upon the throne of the beast; and
his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
(11)and blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their
sores, and repented not of their works.

(12)And the sixth poured out his cup upon the great river, the
Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings, who
are from the rising of the sun, might be prepared. (13)And I saw come
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 frogs;
(14)for they are spirits of demons, working signs, which go forth over
the kings of the whole habitable world, to gather them to the battle
of that great day of God the Almighty.

(15)Behold, I come as a thief. Happy is he that watches, and keeps his
garments, that he may not walk naked and they see his shame.

(16)And they gathered them into the place called in the Hebrew tongue,
Armageddon.

(17)And the seventh poured out his cup upon the air; and there came
forth a loud voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne,
saying: It is done. (18)And there were lightnings, and voices, and
thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since
there was a man upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, so great.
(19)And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of
the nations fell; and Babylon the great was remembered before God, to
give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
(20)And every island fled away, and mountains were not found. (21)And
great hail, as of a talent's weight, comes down out of heaven upon
men; and men blasphemed God on account of the plague of the hail;
because the plague thereof was exceeding great.

XVII.

AND there came one of the seven angels who have the seven cups, and
talked with me, saying: Come hither; I will show thee the judgment of
the great harlot, that sits upon many waters; (