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The Seventh Seal

When He opened the (A)seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Then I saw (B)the seven angels who stand before God, and seven (C)trumpets were given to them.

(D)And another angel came and stood at the (E)altar, having a (F)golden censer; and much (G)incense was given to him, so that he might [a]add it to the (H)prayers of all the saints on the (I)golden altar which was before the throne. And (J)the smoke of the incense went up [b]with the prayers of the saints, out of the angel’s hand, before God. Then the angel [c]took the censer and (K)filled it with the fire of the altar, and (L)threw it to the earth; and there followed (M)peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an (N)earthquake.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 8:3 Lit give
  2. Revelation 8:4 Or for
  3. Revelation 8:5 Lit has taken

Then, when the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

The first four trumpet plagues

Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. Another angel came and stood at the altar, and he held a gold bowl for burning incense. He was given a large amount of incense, in order to offer it on behalf of the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar in front of the throne. The smoke of the incense offered for the prayers of the saints rose up before God from the angel’s hand. Then the angel took the incense container and filled it with fire from the altar. He threw it down to the earth, and there were thunder, voices, lightning, and an earthquake.

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