⁷ Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.^(A) There will be famines^(B) and earthquakes in various places.

⁶ One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another,^(A) because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.

⁸ I looked, and there before me was a pale horse!^(A) Its rider was named Death, and Hades^(B) was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.^(C)

²⁸ One of them, named Agabus,^(A) stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world.^(B) (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)^(C)

¹¹ There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.^(A)

²⁷ The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken^(A)—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

²⁵ “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.^{(A) 26} People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.^(B)

¹³ On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic.^(A) They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.^(B)