Revelation 15:8--16:1

15:8 and the temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from his power. Thus ¹  no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues from the seven angels were completed.

The Bowls of God’s Wrath

16:1 Then ²  I heard a loud voice from the temple declaring to the seven angels: “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.” ³ 

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¹ tn Grk “power, and no one.” A new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the temple being filled with smoke.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

³ tn Or “anger.” Here τοῦ θυμοῦ (tou qumou) has been translated as a genitive of content.