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Revelation 16:17
Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The seventh angel pours his bowl into the air while kings assemble at Armageddon, and a loud voice from the temple throne declares the event complete. This announcement immediately precedes unprecedented lightning, thunder, and a massive earthquake.
The words — The Greek ἕβδομος (hebdomos) marks the final stage of the judgment sequence, while ἐξέχεεν (execheen) describes the complete pouring out of the bowl’s contents.
The thread — The declaration mirrors Jesus’ final words in John 19:30 and is repeated by God in Revelation 21:6 to signal cosmic completion. The action also engages the “power of the air” referenced in Ephesians 2:2.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to observe that divine judgment has reached its appointed conclusion without further delay. It demands attention to the immediate shift from verbal declaration to physical cataclysm as evidence of its finality.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
Cross-references
- John 19:30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
- Revelation 21:6 And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
- Ephesians 2:2 in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
- Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
- Daniel 12:7 And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”
- Revelation 10:6 And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!
- Revelation 15:5 After this I looked, and the temple—the tabernacle of the Testimony—was opened in heaven.
- Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Revelation 11:19 Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
- Revelation 14:15 Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.”