The Seventh Trumpet

11:15 Then36 the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:

“The kingdom of the world

has become the kingdom of our Lord

and of his Christ,37

and he will reign for ever and ever.”

11:16 Then38 the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground39 and worshiped God 11:17 with these words:40

“We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful,41

the one who is and who was,

because you have taken your great power

and begun to reign.42

11:18 The43 nations44 were enraged,

but45 your wrath has come,

and the time has come for the dead to be judged,

and the time has come to give to your servants,46

the prophets, their reward,

as well as to the saints

and to those who revere47 your name, both small and great,

and the time has come48 to destroy those who destroy49 the earth.”

11:19 Then50 the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring,51 crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.52