Fourth Bowl: Men Are Scorched

⁸ Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl ^(A)on the sun, ^(B)and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.

¹⁸ And another angel came out from the altar, ^(A)who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, ^(B)“Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.”

⁶ But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.

⁸ And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, ^(A)“It is better for me to die than to live.”

² And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the ^(A)sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.

Fourth Trumpet: The Heavens Struck

^12 (A)Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day ^[a]did not shine, and likewise the night.

^16 (A)They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; ^(B)the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat;

Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances

¹² I looked when He opened the sixth seal, ^(A)and ^[a]behold, there was a great earthquake; and ^(B)the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the ^[b]moon became like blood.

The Coming of the Son of Man^(A)

^25 (B)“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;