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, and threw it on the earth. There
followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.
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
burnt up,*1 and one third
of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt 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
the waters. 11 The name of the star is called “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,*2 flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud
voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other
voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!”
1 TR omits “One third of the earth was burnt up”
2 TR reads
“angel” instead of “eagle”
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