¹⁵ Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth.

¹⁸ One-third of all the people on earth were killed by these three plagues—by the fire and smoke and burning sulfur that came from the mouths of the horses.

⁷ The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown down on the earth. One-third of the earth was set on fire, one-third of the trees were burned, and all the green grass was burned.

⁹ one-third of all things living in the sea died, and one-third of all the ships on the sea were destroyed.

¹¹ The name of the star was Bitterness.^[a] It made one-third of the water bitter, and many people died from drinking the bitter water.

¹² Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and one-third of the sun was struck, and one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars, and they became dark. And one-third of the day was dark, and also one-third of the night.

¹⁰ They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people.

⁵ They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting.