👑WEB · Revelation 16:4
What does Revelation 16:4 mean?
"The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood."
— Revelation 16:4 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
I 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!”
The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.
The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.
The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.
I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, who are and who were, O Holy One, because you have judged these things.
For they poured out the blood of the saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”
I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”
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