¹When he opened the seventh seal , there was silence in heaven for about half an hour .

²I saw the seven angels who stand before God , and seven shofars were given to them .[#8:2 or, trumpets]

³Another angel came and stood over the altar , having a golden censer . Much incense was given to him , that he should add it to the prayers of all the holy ones on the golden altar which was before the throne .

⁴The smoke of the incense , with the prayers of the holy ones, went up before God out of the angel’s hand .

⁵The angel took the censer , and he filled it with the fire of the altar , then threw it on the earth . Thunders , sounds , lightnings, and an earthquake followed .

⁶The seven angels who had the seven shofars prepared themselves to sound .[#8:6 or, trumpets]

⁷The first sounded , and there followed hail and fire , mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth . One third of the earth was burned up , and one third of the trees were burned up , and all green grass was burned up .[#8:7 TR omits “One third of the earth was burned up”]

⁸The second angel sounded , and something like a great burning mountain was thrown into the sea . One third of the sea became blood,

⁹and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died . One third of the ships were destroyed .

¹⁰The third angel sounded , and a great star fell from the sky , burning like a torch , and it fell on one third of the rivers , and on the springs of water .

¹¹The name of the star is “Wormwood .” One third of the waters became wormwood . Many people died from the waters , because they were made bitter .

¹²The fourth angel sounded , and one third of the sun was struck , and one third of the moon , and one third of the stars, so that one third of them would be darkened ; and the day wouldn’t shine for one third of it , and the night in the same way .

¹³I saw , and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven , saying with a loud voice , “Woe ! Woe ! Woe to those who dwell on the earth , because of the other blasts of the shofars of the three angels, who are yet to sound !”[#8:13 TR reads “angel” instead of “eagle”; #8:13 or, trumpets]