Revelation 16:3

Revelation 16:3

1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying ^ato the seven angels, “Go and pour out the¹ bowls ^bof the wrath of God on the earth.”

First Bowl: Loathsome Sores

2 So the first went and poured out his bowl ^aupon the earth, and a foul and ^bloathsome sore came upon the men ^cwho had the mark of the beast and those ^dwho worshiped his image.

Second Bowl: The Sea Turns to Blood

3 Then the second angel poured out his bowl ^aon the sea, and ^bit became blood as of a dead man; ^cand every living creature in the sea died.

Third Bowl: The Waters Turn to Blood

4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl ^aon the rivers and springs of water, ^band they became blood.

5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying:
^a“You are righteous,¹ O Lord,
The One ^bwho is and who was and who is to be,
Because You have judged these things.

6 For ^athey have shed the blood ^bof saints and prophets,
^cAnd You have given them blood to drink.
¹For it is their just due.”

7 And I heard¹ another from the altar saying, “Even so, ^aLord God Almighty, ^btrue and righteous are Your judgments.”

Fourth Bowl: Men Are Scorched

8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl ^aon the sun, ^band power was given to him to scorch men with fire.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Into the sea (eiv thn qalassan). Like the first Egyptian plague (Exo. 7:12-41) though only the Nile affected then.

Blood as of a dead man (aima wv nekrou). At the trumpet (Revelation 8:11) the water becomes wormwood. Here wv nekrou is added to Exodus 7:19, "the picture of a murdered man weltering in his blood" (Swete). "Coagulated blood, fatal to animal life" (Moffatt).

Every living soul (pasa yuxh zwhv). "Every soul of life" (Hebraism, Genesis 1:21, marked by life).

Even the things that were in the sea (ta en th qalassh). "The things in the sea," in apposition with yuxh. Complete destruction, not partial as in Revelation 8:9.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 16:3:**

Revelation 5:8
Revelation 8:8
Revelation 16:2
Revelation 16:8
Revelation 16:17

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