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a third of the living things in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

10 Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and 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. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood.[a] And a third of all the water became bitter, and many people died from drinking the water that was bitter.

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  1. 8:11 Wormwood Name of a very bitter plant; used here to give the idea of bitter sorrow.

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