Revelation 6–8

CHAPTER 6

The Seven Seals

¹Then I looked when the ^aLamb opened one of the ^bseven seals, and I heard one of the ^cfour living creatures saying as with a ^dvoice of thunder, “¹Come.”

²Then I looked, and behold, a ^awhite horse, and he who sits on it had a bow; and ^ba crown was given to him, and he went out ^covercoming and to overcome.

³And when He opened the second seal, I heard the ^asecond living creature saying, “Come.”

⁴And another, ^aa red horse, went out; and to him who sits on it, it was given to him to ^btake peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

⁵And when He opened the third seal, I heard the ^athird living creature saying, “Come.” Then I looked, and behold, a ^bblack horse; and he who sits on it had a ^cpair of scales in his hand.

⁶And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the ^afour living creatures saying, “One ¹choinix of wheat for one ²denarius, and three ³choinix of barley for one ⁴denarius, and ^bdo not harm the oil and the wine.”

⁷And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ^afourth living creature saying, “Come.”

⁸Then I looked, and behold, a ^apale horse; and he who sits on it had the name ^bDeath, and ^cHades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^dto kill with sword and with famine and with ¹pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

⁹And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw ^aunderneath the ^baltar the ^csouls of those who had been slain ^dbecause of the word of God, and because of the ^ewitness which they had maintained;

¹⁰and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^aHow long, O ^bMaster, ^choly and true? ¹Will You not ^djudge and avenge our blood on ^ethose who dwell on the earth?”

¹¹And ^aa white robe was given to each of them; and it was told to them that they should ^brest for a little while longer, ^cuntil the number of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ^dcompleted also.

¹²Then I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and there was a great ^aearthquake; and the ^bsun became black as ^csackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;

¹³and ^athe stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^bas a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

^14aAnd the sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and ^bevery mountain and island were moved out of their places.

¹⁵Then ^athe kings of the earth and the great men and the ¹commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man ^bhid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

¹⁶and they ^*asaid to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the ¹presence of Him ^bwho sits on the throne, and from the ^2cwrath of the Lamb,

¹⁷for ^athe great ^bday of their ¹wrath has come, and ^cwho is able to stand?”

CHAPTER 7

The 144,000

¹After this I saw ^afour angels standing at the ^bfour corners of the earth, holding back ^cthe four winds of the earth, ^dso that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

²Then I saw another angel ascending ^afrom the rising of the sun, having the ^bseal of ^cthe living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the ^dfour angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,

³saying, “^aDo not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have ^bsealed the slaves of our God on their ^cforeheads.”

⁴And I heard the ^anumber of those having been sealed, ^b144,000 sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

⁵from the tribe of Judah, 12,000 having been sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,

⁶from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,

⁷from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,

⁸from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, from the tribe of Benjamin, 12,000 having been sealed.

A Multitude from Every Nation

⁹After these things I looked, and behold, a great ¹multitude which no one could count, from ^aevery nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing ^bbefore the throne and ^cbefore the Lamb, clothed in ^dwhite robes, and ^epalm branches were in their hands;

¹⁰and they cry out with a loud voice, saying,

“^aSalvation belongs to our God ^bwho sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

¹¹And all the angels were standing ^aaround the throne and ^bthe elders and the ^cfour living creatures, and they ^dfell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

¹²saying,

“^aAmen, ^bthe blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honor and the power and the strength, be to our God forever and ever. ^cAmen.”

¹³Then one of the elders ^aanswered, saying to me, “These, clothed in the ^bwhite robes, who are they, and from where have they come?”

¹⁴And I ¹said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the ^agreat tribulation, and they ^bwashed their robes and made them ^cwhite in the ^dblood of the Lamb.

¹⁵“For this reason, they are ^abefore the throne of God; and they ^bserve Him day and night in His ^1csanctuary; and ^dHe who sits on the throne will ^2edwell over them.

¹⁶“^aThey will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun ¹beat down on them, nor any heat;

¹⁷for the Lamb at the center of the throne will ^ashepherd them and will guide them to springs of the ^1bwater of life. And ^cGod will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

CHAPTER 8

The Seventh Seal

¹When He opened the ^aseventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

²Then I saw ^athe seven angels who stand before God, and seven ^btrumpets were given to them.

^3aAnd another angel came and stood at the ^baltar, having a ^cgolden censer; and much ^dincense was given to him, so that he might ¹add it to the ^eprayers of all the saints on the ^fgolden altar which was before the throne.

⁴And ^athe smoke of the incense went up ¹with the prayers of the saints, out of the angel’s hand, before God.

⁵Then the angel ¹took the censer and ^afilled it with the fire of the altar, and ^bthrew it to the earth; and there followed ^cpeals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an ^dearthquake.

The Seven Trumpets

^6aAnd the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.

⁷And the first sounded, and there came ^ahail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and ^ba third of the earth was burned up, and ^ca third of the ^dtrees were burned up, and all the green ^egrass was burned up.

⁸And the second angel sounded, and something like a great ^amountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and ^ba third of the ^csea became blood,

⁹and ^aa third of the creatures which were in the sea—those which had life—died; and a third of the ^bships were destroyed.

¹⁰And the third angel sounded, and a great star ^afell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a ^bthird of the rivers and on the ^csprings of waters.

¹¹And the name of the star is called Wormwood; and a ^athird of the waters became ^bwormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

¹²And the fourth angel sounded, and a ^athird of the ^bsun and a third of the ^cmoon and a ^dthird of the ^estars were struck, so that a ^fthird of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a ^gthird of it, and the night in the same way.

¹³Then I looked, and I heard ¹an eagle flying in ^amidheaven, saying with a loud voice, “^bWoe, woe, woe to ^cthose who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the ^dthree angels who are about to sound!”