NEW TESTAMENT

Revelation 16:4

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The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.

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Verse 4. Upon the rivers. That is, on the Roman provinces in Italy, and Rome itself. This is the last stroke employed by the Almighty for the total destruction of Rome. The divine judgment being executed, the Angel of the waters, that is, the Angel that presided over the Roman states, cries out, (verse 5, 6) thou art just, and so forth Pastorini.

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