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Revelation 8:8-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Revelation 8:8-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 [a]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,(A) 9 a third of the creatures living in the sea[b] died, and a third of the ships were wrecked.
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- 8:8–11 The background of these two woes is the first plague of Egypt (Ex 7:20–21).
- 8:9 Creatures living in the sea: literally, “creatures in the sea that had souls.”
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