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| 1When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. | 1When the lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. |
| 2Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. | 2Then I saw the seven angels who stand in God's presence, and seven trumpets were given to them. |
| 3And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, | 3Another angel came with a gold censer and stood at the altar. He was given a large quantity of incense to offer on the gold altar before the throne, along with the prayers of all the saints. |
| 4and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. | 4The smoke from the incense and the prayers of the saints went up from the angel's hand to God. |
| 5Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. | 5The angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth. Then there were peals of thunder, noises, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. |
| 6Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them. | 6The seven angels who had the seven trumpets got ready to blow them. |
| 7The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. | 7When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire were mixed with blood and thrown on the earth. One-third of the earth was burned up, one-third of the trees was burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. |
| 8The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. | 8When the second angel blew his trumpet, something like a huge mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. One-third of the sea turned into blood, |
| 9A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. | 9one-third of the creatures that were living in the sea died, and one-third of the ships was destroyed. |
| 10The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. | 10When the third angel blew his trumpet, a huge star blazing like a torch fell from heaven. It fell on one-third of the rivers and on the springs of water. |
| 11The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter. | 11The name of the star is Wormwood. One-third of the water turned into wormwood, and many people died from the water because it had turned bitter. |
| 12The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night. | 12When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, one-third of the sun, one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars were struck so that one-third of them turned dark. One-third of the day was kept from having light, as was the night. |
| 13Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!” | 13Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying overhead say in a loud voice, "How terrible, how terrible, how terrible for those living on the earth, because of the blasts of the remaining trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!" |
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