Revelation 15 (YLT)

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Chapter Text

15:1 And I saw another sign in the heaven, great and wonderful, seven messengers having the seven last plagues, because in these was completed the wrath of God,

15:2 and I saw as a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who do gain the victory over the beast, and his image, and his mark, <FI>and<Fi> the number of his name, standing by the sea of the glass, having harps of God,

15:3 and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, `Great and wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true <FI>are<Fi> Thy ways, O King of saints,

15:4 who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone <FI>art<Fi> kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.'

15:5 And after these things I saw, and lo, opened was the sanctuary of the tabernacle of the testimony in the heaven;

15:6 and come forth did the seven messengers having the seven plagues, out of the sanctuary, clothed in linen, pure and shining, and girded round the breasts with golden girdles:

15:7 and one of the four living creatures did give to the seven messengers seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, who is living to the ages of the ages;

15:8 and filled was the sanctuary with smoke from the glory of God, and from His power, and no one was able to enter into the sanctuary till the seven plagues of the seven messengers may be finished.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "another", "sign", "heaven", "great", "wonderful", "seven", "messengers", and "having". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "another" and "sign", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local YLT text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "another" and "sign" carries the first interpretive weight. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "another" and "sign" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.