Into the air: the direction is downward; the angel is in heaven, and from there he empties the contents of the bowl in the air, between heaven and earth.

A loud voice came out of the temple: the temple in heaven, as in 16.1. For loud voice see 14.15 and elsewhere.

From the throne: this is God’s throne (see 1.4), indicating that the speaker is God. There are several ways of combining out of the temple, from the throne: “a voice was heard from the temple; it came from the throne” (Bible en français courant); “out of the sanctuary came a voice that came from the throne” (Biblia Dios Habla Hoy); or “from the throne in the temple” (Good News Translation).

It is done! this translates the perfect tense of “to become”; in this context the meaning can be “The End has come” (New Jerusalem Bible, Phillips) or “It is over” (Revised English Bible), as indicated in the statement about “the wrath of God” in 15.1 (see also “fulfilled,” 10.6-7; “has become,” 11.15).

An alternative translation model for this verse is:

• Then the seventh angel poured out the contents from his bowl down into the sky. God spoke with a loud voice from the throne in the temple, saying, “Everything is done (or, I have completed everything).”

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on The Revelation to John. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1993. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .