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man: and every living soul| gon, and out of the mouth died in the sea. And the of the beast, and out of the third angel poured out his mouth of the false prophet. vial upon the rivers and For they are the spirits fountains of waters; and they of devils, working miracles, became blood. And I heard which go forth unto the kings the angel of the waters say, of the earth and of the whole Thou art righteous, O Lord, world, to gather them to the which art, and wast, and battle of that great day of shalt be, because thou hast God Almighty. Behold, I judged thus. For they have come as a thief. Blessed is shed the blood of saints he that watcheth, and keep­and prophets, and thou hast eth his garments, lest he walk given them blood to drink; naked, and they see his for they are worthy. And I shame. And he gathered heard another out of the them together into a place altar say, Even so, Lord God called in the Hebrew tongue Almighty, true and right- Armageddon. And the eous are thy judgments. seventh angel poured out And the fourth angel poured his vial into the air; and out his vial upon the sun; there came a great voice out and power was given unto of the temple of heaven, him to scorch men with fire. from the throne, saying, It And men were scorched is done. And there were with great heat, and blas- voices, and thunders, and phemed the name of God, lightnings; and there was a which hath power over these great earthquake, such as plagues and they repented was not since men were upon not to give him glory. And the earth, so mighty an earth­the fifth angel poured out quake, and so great. And the his vial upon the seat of the great city was divided into beast; and his kingdom was three parts, and the cities of full of darkness; and they the nations fell: and great gnawed their tongues for Babylon came in remem­pain, and blasphemed the brance before God, to give God of heaven because of unto her the cup of the wine their pains and their sores, of the fierceness of his wrath. and repented not of their And every island fled away, deeds. And the sixth angel and the mountains were not poured out his vial upon the found. And there fell upon great river Euphrates; and men a great hail out of the water thereof was dried heaven, every stone about the up, that the way of the kings weight of a talent: and men of the east might be pre- blasphemed God because of pared. And I saw three un- the plague of the hail; for clean spirits like frogs come the plague thereof was ex­out of the mouth of the dra- ceeding great.

CHAPTER XVII.

AN ND there came one of me, Come hither; I will

thee the judg­

the seven angels which shew unto had the seven vials, and ment of the great whore that talked with me, saying unto sitteth upon many waters:

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