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1 When
he opened the
seventh seal,
there was silence
in heaven for
about half an
hour.
2 I
saw the
seven angels who
stand before God,
and seven trumpets
were given to
them.
3 Another angel
came and stood
over the altar,
having a golden
censer. Much
incense was given
to him, that
he should add
it to the
prayers of all
the saints on the
golden altar which
was before the
throne.
4 The
smoke of the
incense, with the
prayers of
the saints, went
up before God
out of the angel’s
hand.
5 The angel
took the censer,
and he filled
it with the
fire of the
altar, then threw
it on the
earth. Thunders,
sounds, lightnings, and
an earthquake
followed.
6 The
seven angels who
had the seven
trumpets prepared
themselves to
sound.
7 The
first sounded, and
there followed
hail and fire,
mixed with blood,
and they
were thrown to the
earth. One third
of the earth
was burned up,
and one third
of the trees
were burned up,
and all green
grass was burned
up.
8 The
second angel sounded,
and something like
a great burning
mountain was thrown
into the sea.
One third of
the sea
became blood,
9 and
one third of
the living
creatures which
were in the
sea died. One
third of the
ships were
destroyed.
10 The
third angel sounded,
and a great star
fell from the
sky, burning like
a torch, and
it fell on
one third of
the rivers, and
on the springs
of water.
11 The
name of the star
is “Wormwood.” One
third of the
waters became
wormwood. Many
people died from
the waters,
because they were
made bitter.
12 The
fourth angel sounded,
and one third
of the sun
was struck, and
one third of
the moon, and
one third of
the stars, so that
one third of
them would be
darkened; and the
day wouldn’t shine
for one third
of it, and
the night in
the same way.
13 I
saw, and I heard
an eagle,
flying in mid
heaven, saying
with a loud
voice, “Woe! Woe!
Woe to those
who dwell on
the earth, because
of the other
blasts of the
trumpets of the
three angels, who
are yet to
sound!”