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

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

^(d)Another angel came and stood at the ^(e)altar, holding a ^(f)golden censer; and much ^(g)incense was given to him, so that he might ^[a]add it to the ^(h)prayers of all the ^[b]saints on the ⁽ⁱ⁾golden altar which was before the throne.

And ^(j)the smoke of the incense, ^[c]with the prayers of the ^[d]saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.

Then the angel ^[e]took the censer and ^(k)filled it with the fire of the altar, and ^(l)threw it to the earth; and there followed ^(m)peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an ⁽ⁿ⁾earthquake.

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

The first sounded, and there came ^(p)hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and ^(q)a third of the earth was burned up, and ^(r)a third of the ^(s)trees were burned up, and all the green ^(t)grass was burned up.

The second angel sounded, and something like a great ^(u)mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and ^(v)a third of the ^(w)sea became blood,

and ^(x)a third of the creatures which were in the sea ^[f]and had life, died; and a third of the ^(y)ships were destroyed.

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

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

The fourth angel sounded, and a ^(ae)third of the ^(af)sun and a third of the ^(ag)moon and a ^(ah)third of the ^(ai)stars were struck, so that a ^(aj)third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a ^(ak)third of it, and the night in the same way.

Then I looked, and I heard ^[g]an eagle flying in ^(al)midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "^(am)Woe, woe, woe to ^(an)those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the ^(ao)three angels who are about to sound!"