Revelation 15: The Seven Angels and the Seven Last Plagues

Victors over the beast sing the song of Moses and the Lamb beside a sea of glass mingled with fire.

Revelation 15 is the shortest chapter in the book, a brief but weighty scene between the harvest of Revelation 14 and the outpouring of wrath that follows. John sees seven angels holding the seven last plagues, and those who had refused the beast's mark standing beside a sea of glass mingled with fire, harps in hand.


And I sawe another signe in heauen, great and marueilous, seuen Angels, hauing the seuen last plagues: for by them is fulfilled the wrath of God.

And I sawe as it were a glassie sea, mingled with fire, and them that had gotten victorie of the beast, and of his image, and of his marke, and of the number of his name, stand at the glassie sea, hauing the harpes of God,

And they sung the song of Moses the seruant of God, and the song of the Lambe, saying, Great and marueilous are thy workes, Lord God almightie: iust and true are thy wayes, King of Saints.

Who shall not feare thee, O Lord, and glorifie thy Name! for thou onely art holy, and all nations shall come and worship before thee: for thy iudgements are made manifest.

And after that, I looked, and beholde, the Temple of the tabernacle of testimonie was open in heauen.

And the seuen Angels came out of the Temple, which had the seuen plagues, clothed in pure and bright linnen, and hauing their breasts girded with golden girdles.

And one of the foure beastes gaue vnto the seuen Angels seuen golden vials full of the wrath of God, which liueth for euermore.

And the Temple was full of the smoke of the glory of God and of his power, and no man was able to enter into the Temple, till the seuen plagues of the seuen Angels were fulfilled.

They sing the song of Moses and the Lamb, declaring that all nations shall come and worship before God, an echo of the praise found in <a href="/bible/geneva1599/psalms/chapter-86/9">Psalms 86:9</a>. The temple fills with smoke from God's glory, and no one may enter until the seven plagues are finished; explore the full <a href="/bible/geneva1599/revelation">Revelation overview</a> to see how this scene fits the larger vision.