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Revelation 8:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Revelation 8:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 The seven angels who held the seven trumpets now made ready to blow them.
The First Four Trumpets.[a] 7 When the first angel blew his trumpet, there was a storm of hail and fire, mixed with blood, and it fell upon the earth.[b] A third of the earth was burned up, as well as a third of the trees and all the green grass.
8 [c]When the second angel blew his trumpet, something that looked like a huge mountain ablaze with fire was hurled into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood,
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- Revelation 8:7 The earth, sea, streams, sources, and stars—everything is disfigured. The universe becomes chaos and lays itself waste. The author amplifies images taken from the Book of Exodus (chs. 7–10).
- Revelation 8:7 See the seventh plague of Egypt (Ex 9:23f) and Joel 3:3.
- Revelation 8:8 See the first plague of Egypt (Ex 7:20f).