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Revelation 8:2-11:19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

2 And I saw that the seven angels who stood before God were given seven trumpets.(A)

The Gold Censer. 3 Another angel came and stood at the altar,[a] holding a gold censer. He was given a great quantity of incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the holy ones, on the gold altar that was before the throne.(B) 4 The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with burning coals from the altar, and hurled it down to the earth. There were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.(C)

The First Four Trumpets. 6 The seven angels who were holding the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.(D)

7 When the first one blew his trumpet, there came hail and fire mixed with blood, which was hurled down to the earth. A third of the land was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all green grass.[b]

8 [c]When the second angel blew his trumpet, something like a large burning mountain was hurled into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,(E) 9 a third of the creatures living in the sea[d] died, and a third of the ships were wrecked.

10 When the third angel blew his trumpet, a large star burning like a torch fell from the sky. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.(F) 11 The star was called “Wormwood,”[e] and a third of all the water turned to wormwood. Many people died from this water, because it was made bitter.(G)

12 When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, a third of the sun, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them became dark. The day lost its light for a third of the time, as did the night.(H)

13 Then I looked again and heard an eagle flying high overhead cry out in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe[f] to the inhabitants of the earth from the rest of the trumpet blasts that the three angels are about to blow!”

Chapter 9

The Fifth Trumpet.[g] 1 Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star[h] that had fallen from the sky to the earth. It was given the key for the passage to the abyss. 2 It opened the passage to the abyss,(I) and smoke came up out of the passage like smoke from a huge furnace. The sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the passage.(J) 3 Locusts came out of the smoke onto the land, and they were given the same power as scorpions[i] of the earth.(K) 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or any tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torment them for five months;[j] the torment they inflicted was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person. 6 During that time these people will seek death but will not find it, and they will long to die but death will escape them.(L)

7 [k]The appearance of the locusts was like that of horses ready for battle. On their heads they wore what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,(M) 8 and they had hair like women’s hair. Their teeth were like lions’ teeth,(N) 9 and they had chests like iron breastplates. The sound of their wings was like the sound of many horse-drawn chariots racing into battle. 10 They had tails like scorpions, with stingers; with their tails they had power to harm people for five months. 11 They had as their king the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon[l] and in Greek Apollyon.

12 The first woe has passed, but there are two more to come.

The Sixth Trumpet.[m] 13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the [four][n] horns of the gold altar before God,(O) 14 telling the sixth angel who held the trumpet, “Release the four angels[o] who are bound at the banks of the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels were released, who were prepared for this hour, day, month, and year to kill a third of the human race. 16 The number of cavalry troops was two hundred million; I heard their number. 17 Now in my vision this is how I saw the horses and their riders. They wore red, blue, and yellow breastplates,[p] and the horses’ heads were like heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.(P) 18 By these three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that came out of their mouths a third of the human race was killed. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like snakes, with heads that inflict harm.

20 The rest of the human race, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands,[q] to give up the worship of demons and idols made from gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.(Q) 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic potions, their unchastity, or their robberies.

Chapter 10

The Angel with the Small Scroll. 1 [r]Then I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven wrapped in a cloud, with a halo around his head; his face was like the sun and his feet were like pillars of fire. 2 In his hand he held a small scroll that had been opened. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,[s] 3 and then he cried out in a loud voice as a lion roars. When he cried out, the seven thunders[t] raised their voices, too.(R) 4 When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write it down; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have spoken, but do not write it down.” 5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven 6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and earth and sea[u] and all that is in them, “There shall be no more delay.(S) 7 At the time when you hear the seventh angel blow his trumpet, the mysterious plan of God[v] shall be fulfilled, as he promised to his servants the prophets.”(T)

8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” 9 So I went up to the angel and told him to give me the small scroll. He said to me, “Take and swallow it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will taste as sweet[w] as honey.” 10 I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and swallowed it. In my mouth it was like sweet honey, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.(U) 11 Then someone said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”[x]

Chapter 11

The Two Witnesses. 1 [y](V)Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and I was told, “Come and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who are worshiping in it. 2 But exclude the outer court[z] of the temple; do not measure it, for it has been handed over to the Gentiles, who will trample the holy city for forty-two months. 3 I will commission my two witnesses[aa] to prophesy for those twelve hundred and sixty days, wearing sackcloth.” 4 (W)These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands[ab] that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 [ac]If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone wanting to harm them is sure to be slain. 6 They have the power to close up the sky so that no rain can fall during the time of their prophesying. They also have power to turn water into blood and to afflict the earth with any plague as often as they wish.(X)

7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss[ad] will wage war against them and conquer them and kill them.(Y) 8 Their corpses will lie in the main street of the great city,[ae] which has the symbolic names “Sodom” and “Egypt,” where indeed their Lord was crucified. 9 [af]Those from every people, tribe, tongue, and nation will gaze on their corpses for three and a half days, and they will not allow their corpses to be buried. 10 The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and be glad and exchange gifts because these two prophets tormented the inhabitants of the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days, a breath of life from God entered them. When they stood on their feet, great fear fell on those who saw them.(Z) 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven say to them, “Come up here.” So they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies looked on.(AA) 13 At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell in ruins. Seven thousand people[ag] were killed during the earthquake; the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second woe has passed, but the third is coming soon.

The Seventh Trumpet.[ah] 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world now belongs to our Lord and to his Anointed, and he will reign forever and ever.” 16 The twenty-four elders who sat on their thrones before God prostrated themselves and worshiped God 17 and said:

“We give thanks to you, Lord God almighty,
    who are and who were.
For you have assumed your great power
    and have established your reign.
18 The nations raged,
    but your wrath has come,
    and the time for the dead to be judged,
and to recompense your servants, the prophets,
    and the holy ones and those who fear your name,
    the small and the great alike,
and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”(AB)

19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm.

Footnotes

  1. 8:3 Altar: there seems to be only one altar in the heavenly temple, corresponding to the altar of holocausts in Rev 6:9, and here to the altar of incense in Jerusalem; cf. also Rev 9:13; 11:1; 14:18; 16:7.
  2. 8:7 This woe resembles the seventh plague of Egypt (Ex 9:23–24); cf. Jl 3:3.
  3. 8:8–11 The background of these two woes is the first plague of Egypt (Ex 7:20–21).
  4. 8:9 Creatures living in the sea: literally, “creatures in the sea that had souls.”
  5. 8:11 Wormwood: an extremely bitter and malignant plant symbolizing the punishment God inflicts on the ungodly; cf. Jer 9:12–14; 23:15.
  6. 8:13 Woe! Woe! Woe: each of the three woes pronounced by the angel represents a separate disaster; cf. Rev 9:12; 11:14. The final woe, released by the seventh trumpet blast, includes the plagues of Rev 16.
  7. 9:1–12 The fifth trumpet heralds a woe containing elements from the eighth and ninth plagues of Egypt (Ex 10:12–15, 21–23) but specifically reminiscent of the invasion of locusts in Jl 1:4–2:10.
  8. 9:1 A star: late Judaism represented fallen powers as stars (Is 14:12–15; Lk 10:18; Jude 13), but a comparison with Rev 1:20 and Rev 20:1 suggests that here it means an angel. The passage to the abyss: referring to Sheol, the netherworld, where Satan and the fallen angels are kept for a thousand years, to be cast afterwards into the pool of fire; cf. Rev 20:7–10. The abyss was conceived of as a vast subterranean cavern full of fire. Its only link with the earth was a kind of passage or mine shaft, which was kept locked.
  9. 9:3 Scorpions: their poisonous sting was proverbial; Ez 2:6; Lk 11:12.
  10. 9:5 For five months: more or less corresponding to the life-span of locusts.
  11. 9:7–10 Eight characteristics are listed to show the eschatological and diabolical nature of these locusts.
  12. 9:11 Abaddon: Hebrew (more precisely, Aramaic) for destruction or ruin. Apollyon: Greek for the “Destroyer.”
  13. 9:13–21 The sixth trumpet heralds a woe representing another diabolical attack symbolized by an invasion by the Parthians living east of the Euphrates; see note on Rev 6:2. At the appointed time (Rev 9:15), the frightful horses act as God’s agents of judgment. The imaginative details are not to be taken literally; see Introduction and the note on Rev 6:12–14.
  14. 9:13 [Four]: many Greek manuscripts and versions omit the word. The horns were situated at the four corners of the altar (Ex 27:2; 30:2–3); see note on Rev 8:3.
  15. 9:14–15 The four angels: they are symbolic of the destructive activity that will be extended throughout the universe.
  16. 9:17 Blue: literally, “hyacinth-colored.” Yellow: literally, “sulfurous.”
  17. 9:20 The works of their hands: i.e., the gods their hands had made.
  18. 10:1–11:14 An interlude in two scenes (Rev 10:1–11 and Rev 11:1–14) precedes the sounding of the seventh trumpet; cf. Rev 7:1–17. The first vision describes an angel astride sea and land like a colossus, with a small scroll open, the contents of which indicate that the end is imminent (Rev 10). The second vision is of the measuring of the temple and of two witnesses, whose martyrdom means that the kingdom of God is about to be inaugurated.
  19. 10:2 He placed…on the land: this symbolizes the universality of the angel’s message, as does the figure of the small scroll open to be read.
  20. 10:3 The seven thunders: God’s voice announcing judgment and doom; cf. Ps 29:3–9, where thunder, as the voice of Yahweh, is praised seven times.
  21. 10:6 Heaven and earth and sea: the three parts of the universe. No more delay: cf. Dn 12:7; Hb 2:3.
  22. 10:7 The mysterious plan of God: literally, “the mystery of God,” the end of the present age when the forces of evil will be put down (Rev 17:1–19:4, 11–21; 20:7–10; cf. 2 Thes 2:6–12; Rom 16:25–26), and the establishment of the reign of God when all creation will be made new (Rev 21:1–22:5).
  23. 10:9–10 The small scroll was sweet because it predicted the final victory of God’s people; it was sour because it also announced their sufferings. Cf. Ez 3:1–3.
  24. 10:11 This further prophecy is contained in chaps. 12–22.
  25. 11:1 The temple and altar symbolize the new Israel; see note on Rev 7:4–9. The worshipers represent Christians. The measuring of the temple (cf. Ez 40:3–42:20; 47:1–12; Zec 2:5–6) suggests that God will preserve the faithful remnant (cf. Is 4:2–3) who remain true to Christ (Rev 14:1–5).
  26. 11:2 The outer court: the Court of the Gentiles. Trample…forty-two months: the duration of the vicious persecution of the Jews by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Dn 7:25; 12:7); this persecution of three and a half years (half of seven, counted as 1260 days in Rev 11:3; 12:6) became the prototype of periods of trial for God’s people; cf. Lk 4:25; Jas 5:17. The reference here is to the persecution by the Romans; cf. Introduction.
  27. 11:3 The two witnesses, wearing sackcloth symbolizing lamentation and repentance, cannot readily be identified. Do they represent Moses and Elijah, or the Law and the Prophets, or Peter and Paul? Most probably they refer to the universal church, especially the Christian martyrs, fulfilling the office of witness (two because of Dt 19:15; cf. Mk 6:7; Jn 8:17).
  28. 11:4 The two olive trees and the two lampstands: the martyrs who stand in the presence of the Lord; the imagery is taken from Zec 4:8–14, where the olive trees refer to Zerubbabel and Joshua.
  29. 11:5–6 These details are derived from stories of Moses, who turned water into blood (Ex 7:17–20), and of Elijah, who called down fire from heaven (1 Kgs 18:36–40; 2 Kgs 1:10) and closed up the sky for three years (1 Kgs 17:1; cf. 18:1).
  30. 11:7 The beast…from the abyss: the Roman emperor Nero, who symbolizes the forces of evil, or the antichrist (Rev 13:1, 8; 17:8); cf. Dn 7:2–8, 11–12, 19–22 and Introduction.
  31. 11:8 The great city: this expression is used constantly in Revelation for Babylon, i.e., Rome; cf. Rev 14:8; 16:19; 17:18; 18:2, 10, 21. “Sodom” and “Egypt”: symbols of immorality (cf. Is 1:10) and oppression of God’s people (cf. Ex 1:11–14). Where indeed their Lord was crucified: not the geographical but the symbolic Jerusalem that rejects God and his witnesses, i.e., Rome, called Babylon in Rev 16–18; see note on Rev 17:9 and Introduction.
  32. 11:9–12 Over the martyrdom (Rev 11:7) of the two witnesses, now called prophets, the ungodly rejoice for three and a half days, a symbolic period of time; see note on Rev 11:2. Afterwards they go in triumph to heaven, as did Elijah (2 Kgs 2:11).
  33. 11:13 Seven thousand people: a symbolic sum to represent all social classes (seven) and large numbers (thousands); cf. Introduction.
  34. 11:15–19 The seventh trumpet proclaims the coming of God’s reign after the victory over diabolical powers; see note on Rev 10:7.
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Revelation 8:2-11:19
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2 And I saw the seven angels(A) who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.(B)

3 Another angel,(C) who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people,(D) on the golden altar(E) in front of the throne. 4 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God(F) from the angel’s hand. 5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar,(G) and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder,(H) rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.(I)

The Trumpets

6 Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets(J) prepared to sound them.

7 The first angel(K) sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire(L) mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third(M) of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.(N)

8 The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain,(O) all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third(P) of the sea turned into blood,(Q) 9 a third(R) of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky(S) on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water(T)— 11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third(U) of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.(V)

12 The 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(W) of them turned dark.(X) A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.(Y)

13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair(Z) call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe(AA) to the inhabitants of the earth,(AB) because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

9 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth.(AC) The star was given the key(AD) to the shaft of the Abyss.(AE) 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.(AF) The sun and sky were darkened(AG) by the smoke from the Abyss.(AH) 3 And out of the smoke locusts(AI) came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions(AJ) of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm(AK) the grass of the earth or any plant or tree,(AL) but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.(AM) 5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months.(AN) And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion(AO) when it strikes. 6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(AP)

7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle.(AQ) On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.(AR) 8 Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.(AS) 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.(AT) 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.(AU) 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss,(AV) whose name in Hebrew(AW) is Abaddon(AX) and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.(AY)

13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns(AZ) of the golden altar that is before God.(BA) 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels(BB) who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”(BC) 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released(BD) to kill a third(BE) of mankind.(BF) 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.(BG)

17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths(BH) came fire, smoke and sulfur.(BI) 18 A third(BJ) of mankind was killed(BK) by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur(BL) that came out of their mouths. 19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent(BM) of the work of their hands;(BN) they did not stop worshiping demons,(BO) and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.(BP) 21 Nor did they repent(BQ) of their murders, their magic arts,(BR) their sexual immorality(BS) or their thefts.

The Angel and the Little Scroll

10 Then I saw another mighty angel(BT) coming down from heaven.(BU) He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow(BV) above his head; his face was like the sun,(BW) and his legs were like fiery pillars.(BX) 2 He was holding a little scroll,(BY) which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,(BZ) 3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion.(CA) When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders(CB) spoke. 4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write;(CC) but I heard a voice from heaven(CD) say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”(CE)

5 Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land(CF) raised his right hand to heaven.(CG) 6 And he swore(CH) by him who lives for ever and ever,(CI) who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it,(CJ) and said, “There will be no more delay!(CK) 7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet,(CL) the mystery(CM) of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.”(CN)

8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven(CO) spoke to me once more: “Go, take the scroll(CP) that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’[b]”(CQ) 10 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth,(CR) but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, “You must prophesy(CS) again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”(CT)

The Two Witnesses

11 I was given a reed like a measuring rod(CU) and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. 2 But exclude the outer court;(CV) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.(CW) They will trample on the holy city(CX) for 42 months.(CY) 3 And I will appoint my two witnesses,(CZ) and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,(DA) clothed in sackcloth.”(DB) 4 They are “the two olive trees”(DC) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”[c](DD) 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.(DE) This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.(DF) 6 They have power to shut up the heavens(DG) so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying;(DH) and they have power to turn the waters into blood(DI) and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

7 Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast(DJ) that comes up from the Abyss(DK) will attack them,(DL) and overpower and kill them. 8 Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city(DM)—which is figuratively called Sodom(DN) and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.(DO) 9 For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation(DP) will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.(DQ) 10 The inhabitants of the earth(DR) will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts,(DS) because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

11 But after the three and a half days(DT) the breath[d] of life from God entered them,(DU) and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.”(DV) And they went up to heaven in a cloud,(DW) while their enemies looked on.

13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake(DX) and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory(DY) to the God of heaven.(DZ)

14 The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.(EA)

The Seventh Trumpet

15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet,(EB) and there were loud voices(EC) in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become
    the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,(ED)
    and he will reign for ever and ever.”(EE)

16 And the twenty-four elders,(EF) who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces(EG) and worshiped God, 17 saying:

“We give thanks(EH) to you, Lord God Almighty,(EI)
    the One who is and who was,(EJ)
because you have taken your great power
    and have begun to reign.(EK)
18 The nations were angry,(EL)
    and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,(EM)
    and for rewarding your servants the prophets(EN)
and your people who revere your name,
    both great and small(EO)—
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

19 Then God’s temple(EP) in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant.(EQ) And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder,(ER) an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.(ES)

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is a bitter substance.
  2. Revelation 10:9 Ezek. 3:3
  3. Revelation 11:4 See Zech. 4:3,11,14.
  4. Revelation 11:11 Or Spirit (see Ezek. 37:5,14)
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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!

9 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

10 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

11 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

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