Revelation 16:10-12
Amplified Bible
10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness; and people gnawed their tongues because of the pain [of their excruciating anguish and severe torment],(A) 11 and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their anguish and their sores (abscesses, boils); and they did not repent of what they had done nor hate their wickedness.
12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for [the coming of] the kings from [a]the east.(B)
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- Revelation 16:12 Lit the rising sun. Using this phrase, or just the rising, was the ancient way of referring to the east. A dry Euphrates would enable massive armies to travel quickly from the region of Iraq (Babylonia) to territory north of Israel (Syria) in preparation for the battle at Har-Magedon (v 16).
Revelation 16:10-12
New International Version
10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,(A) and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.(B) People gnawed their tongues in agony 11 and cursed(C) the God of heaven(D) because of their pains and their sores,(E) but they refused to repent of what they had done.(F)
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,(G) and its water was dried up to prepare the way(H) for the kings from the East.(I)
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