Revelation 16:6-7

Context

16:6 because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets,

so¹ you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!”²

16:7 Then³ I heard the altar reply,⁴ “Yes, Lord God, the All-Powerful,⁵ your judgments are true and just!”

[16:6] ¹tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that this judgment is the result of what these wicked people did to the saints and prophets.

[16:6] ²tn Grk “They are worthy”; i.e., of this kind of punishment. By extension, “they got what they deserve.”

[16:7] ³tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[16:7] ⁴tn Grk “the altar saying.”

[16:7] ⁵tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”