Second Seal: Conflict on Earth

³ When He opened the second seal, ^(A)I heard the second living creature saying, “Come ^[a]and see.” ^4 (B)Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to ^(C)take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.

Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth

⁵ When He opened the third seal, ^(D)I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, ^(E)a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of ^(F)scales^[b] in his hand. ⁶ And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A ^[c]quart of wheat for a ^[d]denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and ^(G)do not harm the oil and the wine.”

Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth

⁷ When He opened the fourth seal, ^(H)I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” ^8 (I)So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And ^[e]power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^(J)to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, ^(K)and by the beasts of the earth.

Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs

⁹ When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under ^(L)the altar ^(M)the souls of those who had been slain ^(N)for the word of God and for ^(O)the testimony which they held. ¹⁰ And they cried with a loud voice, saying, ^(P)“How long, O Lord, ^(Q)holy and true, ^(R)until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” ¹¹ Then a ^(S)white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them ^(T)that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.

A Multitude from the Great Tribulation

⁹ After these things I looked, and behold, ^(A)a great multitude which no one could number, ^(B)of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, ^(C)clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰ and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ^(D)“Salvation belongs to our God ^(E)who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” ^11 (F)All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and ^(G)worshiped God, ^12 (H)saying:

¹³ Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in ^(I)white robes, and where did they come from?”

¹⁴ And I said to him, ^[a]“Sir, you know.”

So he said to me, ^(J)“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and ^(K)washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will ^(L)dwell among them. ^16 (M)They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; ^(N)the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; ¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne ^(O)will shepherd them and lead them to ^[b]living fountains of waters. ^(P)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

The Saints Reign with Christ 1,000 Years

⁴ And I saw ^(A)thrones, and they sat on them, and ^(B)judgment was committed to them. Then I saw ^(C)the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, ^(D)who had not worshiped the beast ^(E)or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they ^(F)lived and ^(G)reigned with Christ for ^[a]a thousand years.