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-Revelation Chapter
8 - (King James Version)
1 And when he had opened the seventh
seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and
to them were given seven trumpets.
3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a
golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he
should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar
which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the
prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire
of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets
prepared themselves to sound.
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and
fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the
third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great
mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part
of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the
sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were
destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great
star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the
third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the
third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the
waters, because they were made bitter.
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of
the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third
part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the
day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the
midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the
inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet
of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
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- Revelation Chapter
8 - (New International
Version)
1When he opened the seventh seal, there was
silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to
them were given seven trumpets.
3Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at
the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all
the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. 4The
smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up
before God from the angel's hand. 5Then the angel took the
censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the
earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of
lightning and an earthquake.
The Trumpets
6Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared
to sound them.
7The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail
and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A
third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up,
and all the green grass was burned up.
8The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a
huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea
turned into blood, 9a third of the living creatures in the
sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star,
blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and
on the springs of water-- 11the name of the star is
Wormwood.[1] A third of
the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that
had become bitter.
12The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, 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 turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and
also a third of the night.
13As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair
call out in a loud voice: "Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the
earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other
three angels!"
New International Version (NIV)
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