1: And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was
silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. |
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2: And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them
were given seven trumpets. |
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3:
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden
censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer
it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before
the throne. |
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4: And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of
the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. |
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5: And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the
altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. |
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6: And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared
themselves to sound. |
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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. |
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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; |
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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. |
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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; |
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11: And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third
part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters,
because they were made bitter. |
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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 as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not
for a third part of it, and the night likewise. |
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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! |