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12 The sixth angel emptied his bowl on the great river Euphrates. Its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.[a] 13 I saw three unclean spirits like frogs[b] come from the mouth of the dragon, from the mouth of the beast, and from the mouth of the false prophet.(A) 14 These were demonic spirits who performed signs. They went out to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God the almighty.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:12 The kings of the East: Parthians; see notes on Rev 6:2 and Rev 17:12–13. East: literally, “rising of the sun,” as in Rev 7:2.
  2. 16:13 Frogs: possibly an allusion to the second Egyptian plague (Ex 7:26–8:11). The false prophet: identified with the two-horned second beast (Rev 13:11–18 and the note there).

12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates,(A) and its water was dried up to prepare the way(B) for the kings from the East.(C) 13 Then I saw three impure spirits(D) that looked like frogs;(E) they came out of the mouth of the dragon,(F) out of the mouth of the beast(G) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(H) 14 They are demonic spirits(I) that perform signs,(J) and they go out to the kings of the whole world,(K) to gather them for the battle(L) on the great day(M) of God Almighty.

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