ISB ~ Revelation 16 v1 - 21

One by one, the seven angels are summoned to dump the seven bowls of wrath upon the world. Unlike the sequence of seven seals and seven trumpets, where an interlude separated the sixth and seventh calamity, the seven bowls are poured in direct succession, without an intermission above or relief for those below.

• Several of the seven bowls are modeled on the Exodus plagues that ravaged Egypt. This can be seen in the sores (16:2, sixth plague, Ex 9:8-12), the water sources turned into blood (16:3-4, first plague, Ex 7:1721), the darkness (16:10, ninth plague, Ex 10:21-23), the demonic frogs (16:13, second plague, Ex 8:2-6), and the heavy hail (16:21, seventh plague, Ex 9:18-35). For similar connections with the trumpets, see note on Rev 8:7-11:19.