Revelation 8

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The Seventh Seal

¹When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

¹And when He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

²And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.

²And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

³Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

³And another angel having a golden censer came and stood at the altar, and much incense was given to him, that he will offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne.

⁴And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.

⁴And the smoke of the incense went up with the prayers of the saints out of the hand of the angel before God.

⁵Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

⁵And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it to the earth; and there were thunders, and voices, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

The First Four Trumpets

⁶And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.

⁶And the seven angels having the seven trumpets prepared themselves, that they might sound the trumpets.

⁷Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.

⁷And the first sounded his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was cast upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

⁸Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,

⁸And the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea. And a third of the sea became blood,

⁹a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

⁹and a third of the creatures having life in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

¹⁰And the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star fell out of heaven, burning as a torch. And it fell upon a third of the rivers and upon the springs of waters.

¹¹The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil,^a and many people died from the bitter waters.

¹¹And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third of the waters became wormwood, and many of the men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

¹²Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.

¹²And the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine, a third of it, and the night likewise.

¹³And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”

¹³And I saw, and I heard one eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those dwelling on the earth, because of the rest of the sounds of the trumpet of the three angels being about to sound their trumpets!”