1When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
3 Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given a large quantity of incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne. 4 The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
6 Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled to the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain all ablaze with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from heaven, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it was made bitter.
12 Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.
13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in mid-heaven, call out in a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining trumpet blasts that the three angels are about to sound!”