Revelation 16:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then there were flashes of lightning, roaring, and crashes of thunder, and there was a tremendous earthquake– an earthquake unequaled since humanity has been on the earth, so tremendous was that earthquake.

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  • Rev 4:5 : 5 From the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning in front of the throne
  • Dan 12:1 : 1 “At that time Michael, the great prince who watches over your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress unlike any other from the nation’s beginning up to that time. But at that time your own people, all those whose names are found written in the book, will escape.
  • Rev 6:12 : 12 Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;
  • Rev 8:5 : 5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
  • Rev 11:13 : 13 Just then a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
  • Rev 11:19 : 19 Then the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
  • Matt 24:21 : 21 For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

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    18The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged, and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

    19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

  • Rev 16:19-21
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    19The great city was split into three parts and the cities of the nations collapsed. So Babylon the great was remembered before God, and was given the cup filled with the wine made of God’s furious wrath.

    20Every island fled away and no mountains could be found.

    21And gigantic hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people, but they blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it was so horrendous.

  • Rev 16:16-17
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    16Now the spirits gathered the kings and their armies to the place that is called Armageddon in Hebrew.

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    12Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;

    13and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind.

    14The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

    15Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

    16They said to the mountains and to the rocks,“Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,

    17because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

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  • Rev 11:13-14
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    13Just then a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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    19The earth is broken in pieces, the earth is ripped to shreds, the earth shakes violently.

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    8Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire.

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  • Rev 8:12
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    12Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day and for a third of the night likewise.

  • Joel 2:10
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    10The earth quakes before them; the sky reverberates. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine.

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    26People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

  • Rev 8:7-8
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  • Rev 18:18
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  • Rev 18:21
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    21Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,“With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again!

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    20The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the wild beasts, all the things that creep on the ground, and all people who live on the face of the earth will shake at my presence. The mountains will topple, the cliffs will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.

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    7The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.

  • Joel 2:2
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    21For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

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