The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and painful sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Revelation 16:2 in context
Revelation 16:1–5
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I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!”
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The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and painful sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.
3
The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.
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The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.
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I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, who are and who were, O Holy One, because you have judged these things.
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