Revelation 8-9

New American Standard Bible

The Seventh Seal: Trumpets

8 When the Lamb broke the ^(A)seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ² And I saw ^(B)the seven angels who stand before God, and seven ^(C)trumpets were given to them.

^3 (D)Another angel came and stood at the ^(E)altar, holding a ^(F)golden censer; and much ^(G)incense was given to him, so that he might ^[a]add it to the ^(H)prayers of all the ^[b]saints on the ^(I)golden altar which was before the throne. ⁴ And ^(J)the smoke of the incense ascended from the angel’s hand with the prayers of the ^[c]saints before God. ⁵ Then the angel ^[d]took the ^[e]censer and ^(K)filled it with the fire of the altar, and ^(L)hurled it to the earth; and there were ^(M)peals of thunder and sounds, and flashes of lightning and an ^(N)earthquake.

^6 (O)And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.

⁷ The first sounded, and there was ^(P)hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled to the earth; and ^(Q)a third of the earth was burned up, and ^(R)a third of the ^(S)trees were burned up, and all the green ^(T)grass was burned up.

⁸ The second angel sounded, and something like a great ^(U)mountain burning with fire was hurled into the sea; and ^(V)a third of the ^(W)sea became blood, ⁹ and ^(X)a third of the creatures which were in the sea ^[f]and had life, died; and a third of the ^(Y)ships were destroyed.

¹⁰ The third angel sounded, and a great star ^(Z)fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a ^(AA)third of the rivers and on the ^(AB)springs of waters. ¹¹ The star is named Wormwood; and a ^(AC)third of the waters became ^(AD)wormwood, and many people died from the waters because they were made bitter.

¹² The fourth angel sounded, and a ^(AE)third of the ^(AF)sun, a third of the ^(AG)moon, and a ^(AH)third of the ^(AI)stars were struck, so that a ^(AJ)third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a ^(AK)third of it, and the night in the same way.

¹³ Then I looked, and I heard ^[g]an eagle flying in ^(AL)midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “^(AM)Woe, woe, woe to ^(AN)those who live on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the ^(AO)three angels who are about to sound!”

The Fifth Trumpet: Shaft of the Abyss

9 Then the ^(AP)fifth angel sounded, and I saw a ^(AQ)star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the ^(AR)key to the ^(AS)shaft of the abyss was given to him. ² He opened the shaft of the abyss, and ^(AT)smoke ascended out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace; and ^(AU)the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the shaft. ³ Then out of the smoke came ^(AV)locusts ^[h]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ^(AW)scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴ They were told not to ^(AX)hurt the ^(AY)grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the people who do not have the ^(AZ)seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ And ^[i]they were not permitted to kill ^[j]anyone, but to torment for ^(BA)five months; and their torment was like the torment of a ^(BB)scorpion when it ^[k]stings a person. ⁶ And in those days ^(BC)people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death ^[l]will flee from them!

⁷ The ^[m](BD)appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces. ⁸ They had hair like the hair of women, and their ^(BE)teeth were like the teeth of lions. ⁹ They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the ^(BF)sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. ¹⁰ They have tails like ^(BG)scorpions, and stings; and in their ^(BH)tails is their power to hurt people for ^(BI)five months. ¹¹ They have as king over them, the angel of the ^(BJ)abyss; his name in ^(BK)Hebrew is ^[n](BL)Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name ^[o]Apollyon.

^12 (BM)The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

The Sixth Trumpet: Army from the East

¹³ Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard ^[p]a voice from the ^[q]four ^(BN)horns of the ^(BO)golden altar which is before God, ¹⁴ saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the ^(BP)four angels who are bound at the ^(BQ)great river Euphrates.” ¹⁵ And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were ^(BR)released, so that they would kill a ^(BS)third of mankind. ¹⁶ The number of the armies of the horsemen was ^(BT)two hundred million; ^(BU)I heard the number of them. ¹⁷ And this is how I saw ^(BV)in my vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire, of hyacinth, and of ^[r](BW)brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and ^(BX)out of their mouths *came fire and smoke and ^[s](BY)brimstone. ¹⁸ A ^(BZ)third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the ^(CA)fire, the smoke, and the ^[t]brimstone which came out of their mouths. ¹⁹ For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.

²⁰ The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^(CB)did not repent of ^(CC)the works of their hands so as not to ^(CD)worship demons and ^(CE)the idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; ²¹ and they ^(CF)did not repent of their murders, nor of their ^(CG)witchcraft, nor of their ^(CH)sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.