¹⁴ saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release ^(A)the four angels who are bound at ^(B)the great river Euphrates.”

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on ^(A)the great river Euphrates, and ^(B)its water was dried up, ^(C)to prepare the way for the kings ^(D)from the east.

¹⁵ So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released ^(A)to kill a third of mankind.

⁶³ When you finish reading this book, ^(A)(B)tie a stone to it ^(C)and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,

³ David also defeated ^(A)Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of ^(B)Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.

¹⁴ And the name of the third river is the ^(A)Tigris, which flows east of Assyria.^[a] And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

The Seven Trumpets

⁶ Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

The 144,000 of Israel Sealed

7 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back ^(A)the four winds of the earth, ^(B)that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.

² Then I saw the seven angels ^(A)who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.