Chapter 8 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven
about the space of half an hour.
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God, and to them were given seven
trumpets.
And another angel came and stood at the altar having a golden censer, and there
was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers
of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
And the smoke of the incense which came with the prayers of the saints ascended up
before God out of the angel's hand.
And the angel took the censer and filled it with fire of the altar and cast it into
the earth, and there were voices and thunderings and lightnings and an
earthquake.
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood,
and they were cast upon the earth, and the third part of trees was burnt up,
and all green grass was burnt up.
And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire
was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea became blood, and the third
part of the creatures which were in the sea and had life died, and the third part
of the ships were destroyed.
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven burning as
it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains
of waters, and the name of the star is called Wormwood, and the third part of the
waters became Wormwood, and many men died of the waters because they were made
bitter.
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten,
and the third part of the moon and the third part of the stars.
So as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of
it, and the night likewise.
And I beheld and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a
loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth by reason of the
other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound.