1. Revelation 16:5 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does this angel say in response to water becoming blood?

Revelation 16:5 (ESV)

5 And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.

He delights in God’s justice. That the Lord God has “brought these judgments” as a result of having these bowls emptied upon sea, rivers, and springs is, he says, “just,” right; it is what those who refused to heed the message of the gospel (Revelation 14:6–7) deserve according to God’s own promise in Genesis 2:17.