Revelation 8:1–5

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

8 When he opened the seventh seal,x there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

2 And I saw the seven angelsy who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.z

3 Another angel,a who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people,b on the golden altarc in front of the throne. 4 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before Godd from the angel’s hand. 5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar,e and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder,f rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.g