| Chapter
8 |
| 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! |
