<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me.<n id="2" /> &#8220;Come,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I will show you the condemnation and punishment<n id="3" /> of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,

So<n id="1" /> he carried me away in the Spirit<n id="2" /> to a wilderness,<n id="3" /> and there<n id="4" /> I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

As much as<n id="1" /> she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury,<n id="2" /> to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself,<n id="3" /> &#8216;I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!&#8217;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw heaven opened and here came<n id="2" /> a white horse! The<n id="3" /> one riding it was called &#8220;Faithful&#8221; and &#8220;True,&#8221; and with justice<n id="4" /> he judges and goes to war.

<p class="poetry">to eat<n id="1" /> your fill<n id="2" /> of the flesh of kings,p> <p class="poetry">the flesh of generals,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the flesh of powerful people,p> <p class="poetry">the flesh of horses and those who ride them,p> <p class="poetry">and the flesh of all people, both free and slave,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and small and great!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army.

The<n id="1" /> others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged<n id="2" /> themselves with their flesh.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw a large<n id="2" /> white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven<n id="3" /> fled<n id="4" /> from his presence, and no place was found for them.

<p class="bodytext">And the one seated on the throne said: &#8220;Look! I am making all things new!&#8221; Then<n id="1" /> he said to me, &#8220;Write it down,<n id="2" /> because these words are reliable<n id="3" /> and true.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I heard every creature &#8211; in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them &#8211; singing:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;To the one seated on the throne and to the Lambp> <p class="poetry">be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power<n id="3" /> forever and ever!&#8221;p>

So<n id="1" /> I looked<n id="2" /> and here came<n id="3" /> a pale green<n id="4" /> horse! The<n id="5" /> name of the one who rode it<n id="6" /> was Death, and Hades followed right behind.<n id="7" /> They<n id="8" /> were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword,<n id="9" /> famine, and disease,<n id="10" /> and by the wild animals of the earth.p>

Now<n id="1" /> this is what the horses and their riders<n id="2" /> looked like in my<n id="3" /> vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red,<n id="4" /> dark blue,<n id="5" /> and sulfurous<n id="6" /> yellow in color.<n id="7" /> The<n id="8" /> heads of the horses looked like lions&#8217; heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur<n id="9" /> came out of their mouths.

Then<n id="1" /> another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, &#8220;Use<n id="2" /> your sickle and start to reap,<n id="3" /> because the time to reap has come, since the earth&#8217;s harvest is ripe!&#8221;