1Now when the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for what seemed half an hour. 2Then I looked, and the seven angels that stand in the presence of God were given seven trumpets.
3Then another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and he was given a great quantity of incense to offer with the prayers of all God's people upon the golden altar in front of the throne. 4And from the angel's hand the smoke of the incense went up before God with the prayers of his people. 5Then the angel took the censer, filled it from the altar fire, and threw it down upon the earth; and there were peals of thunder, lightning, and an earthquake.
6THEN THE SEVEN ANGELS that held the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
7The first blew his trumpet; and there came hail and fire mingled with blood, and this was hurled upon the earth. A third of the earth was burnt, a third of the trees were burnt, all the green grass was burnt.
8The second angel blew his trumpet; and what looked like a great blazing mountain was hurled into the sea. 9A third of the sea was turned to blood, a third of the living creatures in it died, and a third of the ships on it foundered.
10The third angel blew his trumpet; and a great star shot from the sky, flaming like a torch; and it fell on a third of the rivers and springs. 11The name of the star was Wormwood; and a third of the water turned to wormwood, and men in great numbers died of the water because it had been poisoned.
12The fourth angel blew his trumpet; and a third part of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that the third part went dark and a third of the light of the day failed, and of the night.
13Then I looked, and I heard an eagle calling with a loud cry as it flew in mid-heaven: 'Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth when the trumpets sound which the three last angels must now blow!'
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