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When the Lamb broke the ^(C1)seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

And I saw ^(C1)the seven angels who stand before God, and seven ^(C2)trumpets were given to them.

^(C1)Another angel came and stood at the ^(C2)altar, holding a ^(C3)golden censer; and much ^(C4)incense was given to him, so that he might ^(F1)add it to the ^(C4)prayers of all the ^(F2)saints on the ^(C5)golden altar which was before the throne.

And ^(C1)the smoke of the incense ascended from the angel's hand with the prayers of the ^(F1)saints before God.

Then the angel ^(F1)took the ^(F2)censer and ^(C1)filled it with the fire of the altar, and ^(C2)hurled it to the earth; and there were ^(C3)peals of thunder and sounds, and flashes of lightning and an ^(C4)earthquake.

^(C1)And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.

The first sounded, and there was ^(C1)hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled to the earth; and ^(C2)a third of the earth was burned up, and ^(C2)a third of the ^(C3)trees were burned up, and all the green ^(C3)grass was burned up.

The second angel sounded, and something like a great ^(C1)mountain burning with fire was hurled into the sea; and ^(C2)a third of the ^(C3)sea became blood,

and ^(C1)a third of the creatures which were in the sea ^(F1)and had life, died; and a third of the ^(C2)ships were destroyed.

The third angel sounded, and a great star ^(C1)fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a ^(C2)third of the rivers and on the ^(C3)springs of waters.

The star is named Wormwood; and a ^(C1)third of the waters became ^(C2)wormwood, and many people died from the waters because they were made bitter.

The fourth angel sounded, and a ^(C1)third of the ^(C2)sun, a third of the ^(C2)moon, and a ^(C1)third of the ^(C2)stars were struck, so that a ^(C1)third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a ^(C1)third of it, and the night in the same way.

Then I looked, and I heard ^(F1)an eagle flying in ^(C1)midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "^(C2)Woe, woe, woe to ^(C3)those who live on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the ^(C4)three angels who are about to sound!"