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16 These spirits then assembled the kings at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.[a]

17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, “It is done!” 18 Then there followed flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a violent earthquake—so violent that there has never been one like it since the human race has inhabited the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 16:16 Armageddon: i.e., the “mountain of Megiddo,” the site of many battles in antiquity (see Jdg 5:19f; 2 Ki 9:27; 2 Chr 35:20-24); it symbolized the final defeat of the powers of evil.

16 Then they gathered the kings together(A) to the place that in Hebrew(B) is called Armageddon.(C)

17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air,(D) and out of the temple(E) came a loud voice(F) from the throne, saying, “It is done!”(G) 18 Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder(H) and a severe earthquake.(I) No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth,(J) so tremendous was the quake.

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