10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky(A) on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water(B) 11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third(C) of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.(D)

12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third(E) of them turned dark.(F) A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is a bitter substance.

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.

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