Revelation 8

Chapter 8

The Seventh Seal—the Trumpets

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

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

^3aAnother angel came and stood at the ^baltar, holding a ^cgolden censer; and much ^dincense was given to him, so that he might ¹add it to the prayers of all the ²saints on the ^egolden altar which was before the throne.

⁴And ^athe smoke of the incense, ¹with the prayers of the ²saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.

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.

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

⁷The 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 a third of the ^ctrees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

⁸The 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 ¹and had life, died; and a third of the ^bships were destroyed.

¹⁰The 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.

¹¹The 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.

¹²The fourth angel sounded, and a ^athird of the ^bsun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third 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!”