⁴ When he did that, the smoke from the incense went up in front of God. The prayers of God's people also went up to God. ⁵ Then the angel took the gold bowl and he filled it with fire from the altar. Then he threw it all down onto the earth. There were loud noises and the sound of thunder. There was bright lightning, like a very bad storm. The earth shook with an earthquake.

The first four trumpets

⁶ Then the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to make a noise with their trumpets.