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12 Then the fourth angel sounded [his trumpet], and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and a third of the daylight would not shine, and the night in the same way [would not shine].(A)

13 Then I looked, and I heard a solitary eagle flying in [a]midheaven [for all to see], saying with a loud voice, “[b]Woe, woe, woe [great wrath is coming] to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpets which the three angels are about to sound [announcing ever greater judgments]!”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 8:13 The Greek word used here refers to the meridian or zenith, the highest point of the sun in the sky, where the sun is directly overhead.
  2. Revelation 8:13 During the first four trumpets, judgment fell on nature, but in the final three trumpet judgments (chs 9-11), unbelieving humanity will be directly punished through torment, death, and at last total destruction.

12 The fourth angel sounded, and a (A)third of the (B)sun, a third of the (C)moon, and a (D)third of the (E)stars were struck, so that a (F)third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a (G)third of it, and the night in the same way.

13 Then I looked, and I heard [a]an eagle flying in (H)midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “(I)Woe, woe, woe to (J)those who live on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the (K)three angels who are about to sound!”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 8:13 Lit one eagle