Apocalipsis 8
Palabra de Dios para Todos
El séptimo sello
8 Cuando el Cordero rompió el séptimo sello, hubo silencio en el cielo durante casi media hora.
2 Luego vi a los siete ángeles de pie ante Dios y cada uno recibió una trompeta.
3 Llegó otro ángel y se puso de pie frente al altar. Tenía un recipiente de oro con mucho incienso para ofrecerlo junto con las oraciones de todo el pueblo de Dios[a]. Así que puso esta ofrenda sobre el altar de oro que estaba frente al trono. 4 El humo del incienso salió del recipiente que el ángel tenía en la mano y llegó ante Dios junto con las oraciones de su pueblo. 5 Luego, el ángel tomó el recipiente donde estaba el incienso, lo llenó con fuego del altar y lo arrojó sobre la tierra. Hubo truenos, ruidos, rayos y un terremoto.
Los siete ángeles tocan las trompetas
6 Luego los siete ángeles con las siete trompetas se prepararon para tocarlas.
7 El primer ángel tocó la trompeta, y cayeron sobre la tierra granizo y fuego mezclados con sangre. Se quemaron la tercera parte de la tierra, la tercera parte de los árboles y todo el pasto.
8 El segundo ángel tocó la trompeta, y cayó sobre el mar algo parecido a una gran montaña envuelta en llamas que hizo que la tercera parte del mar se convirtiera en sangre. 9 Murió la tercera parte de todos los seres del mar y fue destruida la tercera parte de todos los barcos.
10 El tercer ángel tocó la trompeta, y cayó del cielo una gran estrella encendida como una antorcha, sobre la tercera parte de los ríos y los manantiales. 11 La estrella se llamaba Ajenjo[b] y volvió amarga la tercera parte del agua de los ríos. Mucha gente murió por haber bebido de esa agua.
12 El cuarto ángel tocó la trompeta y la tercera parte del sol, la luna y las estrellas fueron golpeadas y se oscurecieron. Así, una tercera parte del día y de la noche quedaron sin luz.
13 Entonces, vi un águila volando alto y oí que decía con voz fuerte: «Desastres, desastres, desastres para los habitantes de la tierra. Comenzarán después de que los tres últimos ángeles toquen las trompetas».
Revelation 8
Amplified Bible
The Seventh Seal—the Trumpets
8 When He (the Lamb) broke open the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour [in awe of God’s impending judgment].(A) 2 Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven [a]trumpets were given to them.
3 Another angel came and stood at the altar. He had a golden [b]censer, and much [c]incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints (God’s people) on the golden altar in front of the throne.(B) 4 And the smoke and fragrant aroma of the incense, with the prayers of the saints (God’s people), ascended before God from the angel’s hand. 5 So the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder and loud rumblings and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.(C)
6 Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them [initiating the judgments].
7 The first [angel] sounded [his trumpet], and there was [a storm of] hail and fire, mixed with blood, and it was hurled to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.(D)
8 The second angel sounded [his trumpet], and something like a great mountain blazing with fire was hurled into the sea; and a third of the sea was turned to blood;(E) 9 and a third of the living creatures that were in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel sounded [his trumpet], and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch [flashing across the sky], and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of [fresh] waters. 11 The name of the star is [d]Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters, because they had become bitter (toxic).
12 Then the fourth angel sounded [his trumpet], and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and a third of the daylight would not shine, and the night in the same way [would not shine].(F)
13 Then I looked, and I heard a solitary eagle flying in [e]midheaven [for all to see], saying with a loud voice, “[f]Woe, woe, woe [great wrath is coming] to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpets which the three angels are about to sound [announcing ever greater judgments]!”
Footnotes
- Revelation 8:2 In the Old Testament, trumpets announced God’s commands to congregate, move camp, and prepare for war (Num 10:1-9). Trumpets were also used to announce celebrations (Num 10:10; 29:1), royal coronations (1 Kin 1:34, 39; 2 Kin 9:13), and God’s impending wrath (Josh 6:1-8; Zeph 1:14-16). Angels will blow trumpets during the judgment and resurrection (Matt 24:31; 1 Cor 15:52; 1 Thess 4:16).
- Revelation 8:3 I.e. a special container for burning incense.
- Revelation 8:3 I.e. fragrant spices which exude perfume when burned.
- Revelation 8:11 Gr apsinthos, cf Eng “absinthe.” This is a plant from which a bitter oil is extracted that is highly toxic to the nervous system. The name “wormwood” comes from the fact that the oil was used medicinally to kill intestinal worms.
- Revelation 8:13 The Greek word used here refers to the meridian or zenith, the highest point of the sun in the sky, where the sun is directly overhead.
- Revelation 8:13 During the first four trumpets, judgment fell on nature, but in the final three trumpet judgments (chs 9-11), unbelieving humanity will be directly punished through torment, death, and at last total destruction.
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