8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence
in heaven about the space of half an hour.
8:2 And I saw the seven angels who stood before God; and to them
were given seven trumpets.
8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a
golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he
should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the
golden altar which was before the throne.
8:4 And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers
of the saints, ascended before God out of the angel's hand.
8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of
the altar, and cast [it] upon the earth: and there were voices,
and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
8:6 And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared
themselves to sound.
8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire
mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the
third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt
up.
8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great
mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third
part of the sea became blood;
8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea,
and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were
destroyed.
8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star
from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the
third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third
part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died by the
waters, because they were made bitter.
8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun
was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part
of the stars; so that the third part of them was darkened, and
the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night
likewise.
8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst
of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the
inhabiters of the earth, by reason of the other voices of the
trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
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