¹⁸ By these three plagues a third of humankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of the horses’^[a] mouths.

¹⁷ And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the riders wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire^[a] and of sulfur; the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths.^(A)

¹⁵ So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of humankind.