Revelation 16:5

And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, you who are, and were, O Holy One, because you have judged thus.

Revised King James New Testament

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 angel poured out his bowl upon the rivers and springs of water; and they became blood.

6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for such is their due.

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Cross References

Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart you are storing up for yourself wrath on the day of wrath when the righteous judgment of God shall be revealed;

2 Thessalonians 1:5Which is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you suffer.

Revelation 1:8I am Alpha and Omega, says the Lord, 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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