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12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood. 13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind. 14 The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains. 16 They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?”

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The Sixth Seal

12 Then I saw him open[a] the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred;(A) the sun turned black like sackcloth(B) made of hair; the entire moon[b] became like blood;(C) 13 the stars[c] of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind; 14 the sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up;(D) and every mountain and island was moved from its place.(E)

15 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.(F) 16 And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us(G) from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of their[d] wrath has come! And who is able to stand?” (H)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:12 Or I saw when he opened
  2. 6:12 Or the full moon
  3. 6:13 Perhaps meteors
  4. 6:17 Other mss read his