Revelation 16:5

And I heard the angel of the waters saying: Righteous art thou, who art and who wast holy, because thou didst thus judge;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

In Context

4And the third poured out his cup into the rivers, and the fountains of water; and they became blood.

6because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. They are worthy.

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Cross References

Romans 2:5and after thy hardness and impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

2 Thessalonians 1:5a token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer;

Revelation 1:8I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, he who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 16:2-8

The Seven Vials. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. 3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. 4 And the… Read the whole commentary →

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