Revelation 8

Legacy Standard Bible

The Seventh Seal

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

^3 (D)And another angel came and stood at the ^(E)altar, having 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 saints on the ^(I)golden altar which was before the throne. ⁴ And ^(J)the smoke of the incense went up ^[b]with the prayers of the saints, out of the angel’s hand, before God. ⁵ Then the angel ^[c]took the censer and ^(K)filled it with the fire of the altar, and ^(L)threw it to the earth; and there followed ^(M)peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an ^(N)earthquake.

The Seven Trumpets

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

⁷ And the first sounded, and there came ^(P)hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown 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 And the second angel sounded, and something like a great ^(U)mountain burning with fire was thrown 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—those which had life—died; and a third of the ^(Y)ships were destroyed.

¹⁰ And 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 And the name of the star is called Wormwood; and a ^(AC)third of the waters became ^(AD)wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

¹² And the fourth angel sounded, and a ^(AE)third of the ^(AF)sun and 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 ^[d]an eagle flying in ^(AL)midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “^(AM)Woe, woe, woe to ^(AN)those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the ^(AO)three angels who are about to sound!”