[1 At the opening of the seventh seal, 2 seven angels have seven trumpets given
them. 6 Four of them sound their trumpets, and great plagues follow.]
AND when he had opened the seventh seal,
there was silence in heaven about the space
of half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before
God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
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.
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.
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.
6 And the seven angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
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.
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;
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.
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;
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.
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.
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying
through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice,
Wo, wo, wo, to the inhabiters of the earth, by reason
of the other voices of the trumpet of the three
angels, which are yet to sound!
