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Revelation 16 · a question people ask

"It is done!" (16:17). What is done?

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Here is what the text says. "The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”" (16:17). Before the bowls, John saw "seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God’s wrath is finished" (15:1), and this chapter opens with the command, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!" (16:1). Beyond these words, the chapter doesn't say what is done, and these notes don't either.

The verses

“The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!””
Revelation 16:17 · World English Bible
“I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God’s wrath is finished.”
Revelation 15:1 · World English Bible
“I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!””
Revelation 16:1 · World English Bible

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Revelation 16: The seven bowls

After the third bowl, John hears, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments" (16:7), and when the seventh is poured out into the air, a loud voice from the throne says, "It is done!" (16:17).

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Last reviewed October 12, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Every answer cites the verses it rests on. What we believe · All Bible questions