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

The Lamb Breaks the Seventh Seal

When the Lamb broke the seventh seal on the scroll,[a] there was silence throughout heaven for about half an hour. I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.

Then another angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the altar. And a great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of God’s people as an offering on the gold altar before the throne. The smoke of the incense, mixed with the prayers of God’s holy people, ascended up to God from the altar where the angel had poured them out. Then the angel filled the incense burner with fire from the altar and threw it down upon the earth; and thunder crashed, lightning flashed, and there was a terrible earthquake.

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  1. 8:1 Or book.