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Connecting Statement:
John continues to describe the part of the vision about the seven angels with the seven plagues. The seven plagues are the seven bowls of God's wrath.
I heard
The word "I" refers to John.
bowls of God's wrath
The image of the wine in the bowls can be stated clearly. The word "wrath" here refers to punishment. The wine is a symbol for punishment. See how you translated a similar phrase in Revelation 15:7. AT: "bowls full of the wine that represents God's wrath" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)