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The Seventh Seal—the Trumpets

¹ When the Lamb broke the ^(C1)seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.² And I saw ^(C1)the seven angels who stand before God, and seven ^(C2)trumpets were given to them.

^3 (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.⁴ And ^(C1)the smoke of the incense, ^(F1)with the prayers of the ^(F2)saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.⁵ Then the angel ^(F1)took the censer and ^(C1)filled it with the fire of the altar, and ^(C2)threw it to the earth; and there followed ^(C3)peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an ^(C4)earthquake.

^6 (C1)And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.

⁷ The first sounded, and there came ^(C1)hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown 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.

⁸ The second angel sounded, and something like a great ^(C1)mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and ^(C2)a third of the ^(C3)sea became blood,⁹ 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.

¹⁰ 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.¹¹ The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a ^(C1)third of the waters became ^(C2)wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

¹² The fourth angel sounded, and a ^(C1)third of the ^(C2)sun and 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.

¹³ 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 dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the ^(C4)three angels who are about to sound!"