< Revelation 8 >
1 And when He opened the seventh seal there was a stillness in heaven for about half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels who stood before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. He was given lots of incense so that he could offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar that is before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the saints went up before God out of the angel's hand.
5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it at the earth. And there were noises and thunders and lightnings and an earthquake.
6 And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to trumpet.
7 So the first one trumpeted, and there appeared hail and fire mixed with blood, and it [the mixture] was thrown at the earth, and a third of the earth was burned up; that is, a third of the trees was burned up and all green grass was burned up.
8 So the second angel trumpeted, and something like a great burning mountain was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
9 And a third of the creatures with souls in the sea died. And a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 So the third angel trumpeted, and a great star fell out of the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell upon a third of the rivers, and on the springs of waters.
11 The name of the star is called Wormwood; so a third of the waters were turned into wormwood, and many people died from the waters because they were made bitter.
12 So the fourth angel trumpeted, 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 them was darkened; so a third of the day did not shine, and the night likewise.
13 And I saw and heard an eagle flying in midheaven saying with a loud voice, three times: “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth because of the remaining trumpet blasts of the three angels who are about to trumpet!”