1 Then when He had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about the period of half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
3 Then another angel having a golden censer came and stood at the altar. And a large amount of incense was given to him, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense, which came up with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God from the angel’s hand.
5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. Then there were noises, thunderings, light-nings, and an earthquake.
6 So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared them-selves to sound.
7 The first angel sounded: And hail and fire mingled with blood fol-lowed, and they were thrown to the earth. Then a third of all the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8 Then the second angel sounded: And a thing like a huge mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, then a third of all the sea became blood.
9 And a third of all the creatures in the sea that had life died, and a third of all the ships were destroyed.
10 Then the third angel sounded: And a large star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of all the rivers and on the springs of waters.
11 And the name of the star is Wormwood. Then a third of all the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it was made bitter.
12 Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And a third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.
13 And I looked, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”