Book of Common Prayer

The Sixth Trumpet. The Second Woe

¹³ And the sixth angel trumpeted.

Four Angels Are Released To Kill a Third of Mankind

And I heard one voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God ¹⁴ saying to the sixth angel, the one having the trumpet, “Release the four angels having been bound at the great river Euphrates”. ¹⁵ And the four angels were released, the ones having been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, in order that they might kill a third of mankind. ¹⁶ And the number of the troops of cavalry was two hundred million. I heard the number of them. ¹⁷ And I saw the horses and the ones sitting on them in the vision as follows— having^[a] breastplates [the color] of-fire and of-hyacinth^[b] and of-sulphur. And the heads of the horses are like heads of lions. And fire and smoke and sulphur is coming-out of their mouths. ¹⁸ A third of mankind were killed from these three plagues— by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur coming-out of their mouths. ¹⁹ For the authority of the horses is in their mouth and in their tails. For their tails are like snakes, having heads, and with them they do harm. ²⁰ And the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues, they did not-even repent from the works of their hands, so-that they will not worship demons and idols— the golden ones and the silver ones and the brass ones and the stone ones and the wooden ones— which are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk. ²¹ And they did not repent from their murders, nor from their sorcerer’s-potions^[c], nor from their sexual-immorality, nor from their thefts.

Mary Chooses The Good Part: Listening To The Word of Jesus

³⁸ And during their proceeding, He entered into a certain village. And a certain woman, Martha by name, received^[a] Him. ³⁹ And to this one there was a sister being called Mary, who also was listening-to His word, having sat near to the feet of the Lord. ⁴⁰ But Martha was being distracted^[b] with much service. And having stood-near, she said “Lord, do You not care that my sister left me to be serving alone? Tell her then that she should help me”. ⁴¹ But having responded, the Lord said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things. ⁴² But there is a need of one thing. For Mary chose the good^[c] part, which will not be taken-away from her”.