1Andwhen he had opened the seventhseal, there wassilenceinheaven about the space of half an hour.
2And I saw the sevenangelswhichstoodbeforeGod; and to them were givenseventrumpets.
3Andanotherangelcameandstoodat the altar, having a goldencenser; and there was given unto himmuchincense, that he should offer it with the prayers of allsaintsupon the goldenaltarwhich was before the throne.
4And the smokeof the incense, which came with the prayersof the saints, ascended upbeforeGod out of the angel's hand.
5And the angeltook the censer, andfilleditwithfire of the altar, andcastitinto the earth: and there werevoices, andthunderings, andlightnings, and an earthquake.
6And the sevenangelswhichhad the seventrumpetspreparedthemselvestosound.
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The firstangelsounded, and there followedhailandfiremingled with blood, and they were castupon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, andallgreengrass was burnt up.
8And the secondangelsounded, and as it were a greatmountainburning with fire was castinto the sea: and the third part of the seabecameblood;
9And the third part of the creatureswhich were in the sea, andhadlife, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10And the thirdangelsounded, and there fell a greatstarfromheaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fellupon the thirdpart of the rivers, andupon the fountains of waters;
11And the nameof the star is calledWormwood: and the third partof the watersbecamewormwood; andmanymendiedof the waters, because they were made bitter.
12And the fourthangelsounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the dayshonenot for a third part of it, and the nightlikewise.
13And I beheld, andheardanangelflyingthrough the midst ofheaven, saying with a loudvoice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabitersof the earth by reason of the othervoicesof the trumpetof the threeangels, which are yet to sound!