{Another sign in heaven} (allo s(886d)eion en t(9369) ouran(9369)).
Looking back to  12:1,3 , after the series intervening. The Seven
Bowls are parallel with the Seven Seals (ch.  Re 6 ) and the
Seven Trumpets (chapters  Re 8-11 ), but there is an even closer
connection with chapters  Re 12-14 , "the drama of the long
conflict between the church and the world" (Swete). {Great and
marvellous} (mega kai thaumaston). Thaumastos is an old
verbal adjective (from 	haumaz(935c), to wonder) and is already in
 Mt 21:42 . The wonder extends to the end of this vision or sign
( 16:21 ). {Seven angels} (aggelous hepta). Accusative case in
apposition with s(886d)eion after eidon. Cf.  8:2 . {Which are
the last} (	as eschatas). "Seven plagues the last." As in
 21:9 , "the final cycle of such visitations" (Swete). {Is
finished} (etelesth(885c)). Proleptic prophetic first aorist passive
indicative of 	ele(935c) as in  10:7 . The number seven seems
particularly appropriate here for finality and completeness.