Revelation 8

Berean Standard Bible

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When the Lamb opens the seventh seal, silence covers heaven for about half an hour while seven angels receive seven trumpets. Another angel offers incense with the saints' prayers at the golden altar before filling his censer with altar fire and hurling it to the earth, producing thunder, lightning, and an earthquake. The first four angels then sound their trumpets sequentially, bringing catastrophes upon the earth, sea, rivers, and celestial bodies. Hail and fire mixed with blood burn a third of the earth and trees, a burning mountain turns a third of the sea to blood and destroys ships, and a blazing star named Wormwood poisons a third of the water sources, causing many deaths. Additionally, a strike on the sun, moon, and stars darkens a third of both day and night. Finally, an eagle flies overhead and warns of upcoming woes concerning the final three trumpet blasts.

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¹When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ²And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets. ³Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. ⁴And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. ⁵Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. ⁶And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. ⁷Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass. ⁸Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood, ⁹a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. ¹⁰Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. ¹¹The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters. ¹²Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well. ¹³And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”

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