Revelation 16:6
for they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they deserve it.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7And I heard the altar saying, Even so, Lord God Almighty! true and righteous are thy judgments.
Cross References
Isaiah 49:26(49:27) And I will cause thine oppressors to eat their own flesh; With their own blood shall they be drunk, as with new wine; And all flesh shall know that I Jehovah am thy saviour; That thy redeemer is the Mighty One of Jacob.
Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I smitten your children; They would receive no correction; Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, Like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah 26:16Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and the prophets: This man is not worthy to die, for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah, our God.
Ezekiel 32:6And I will water the land in which thou swimmest with thy blood, even to the mountains, And the streams shall be full of thee.
Matthew 21:35And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
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 →