¹⁰ Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and a ·large [great] star, burning like a torch, fell from ·the sky [or heaven; ^Cperhaps a meteorite]. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. ¹¹ [^LAnd] The name of the star is Wormwood [^Ca plant with a greenish, bitter oil; a symbol of bitter sorrow; Prov. 5:4; Jer. 9:15; 23:15]. And a third of all the water became ·bitter [^Lwormwood; ^Cagain an allusion to the first Egyptian plague], and many people died from ·drinking the water [^Lthe water] that ·was [became; was made] bitter.

¹² Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck. So a third of them became dark, and a third of the day was ·without light [kept from shining], and also the night [^Cechoing the ninth Egyptian plague; Ex. 10:21–23].