Revelation 8

Seventh Seal: Prelude to the Seven Trumpets

8When ^aHe opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ^2bAnd I saw the seven angels who stand before God, ^cand to them were given seven trumpets. ³Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with ^dthe prayers of all the saints upon ^ethe golden altar which was before the throne. ⁴And ^fthe smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. ⁵Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And ^gthere were noises, thunderings, ^hlightnings, ⁱand an earthquake.

⁶So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

First Trumpet: Vegetation Struck

⁷The first angel sounded: ^jAnd hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown ^kto the ¹earth. And a third ^lof the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck

⁸Then the second angel sounded: ^mAnd something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, ⁿand a third of the sea ^obecame blood. ^9pAnd a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Third Trumpet: The Waters Struck

¹⁰Then the third angel sounded: ^qAnd a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, ^rand it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. ^11sThe name of the star is Wormwood. ^tA third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.

Fourth Trumpet: The Heavens Struck

^12uThen the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day ²did not shine, and likewise the night.

¹³And I looked, ^vand I heard an ³angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, ^w“Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”