7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. 7:2 Then 1 I saw another angel ascending from the east, 2 who had 3 the seal 4 of the living God. He 5 shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission 6 to damage the earth and the sea: 7 7:3 “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants 8 of our God.” 7:4 Now 9 I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, 10 one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all 11 the tribes of the people of Israel: 12
7:5 From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed,
from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand,
7:6 from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand,
7:7 from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand,
7:8 from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.
7:9 After these things I looked, and here was 13 an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, 14 people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. 7:10 They were shouting out in a loud voice,
“Salvation belongs to our God, 15
to the one seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
7:11 And all the angels stood 16 there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground 17 before the throne and worshiped God, 7:12 saying,
“Amen! Praise and glory,
and wisdom and thanksgiving,
and honor and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
7:13 Then 18 one of the elders asked 19 me, “These dressed in long white robes – who are they and where have they come from?” 7:14 So 20 I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” 21 Then 22 he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They 23 have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! 7:15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve 24 him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. 25 7:16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 26 7:17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” 27
8:1 Now 28 when the Lamb 29 opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 8:2 Then 30 I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 8:3 Another 31 angel holding 32 a golden censer 33 came and was stationed 34 at the altar. A 35 large amount of incense was given to him to offer up, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar that is before the throne. 8:4 The 36 smoke coming from the incense, 37 along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. 8:5 Then 38 the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring, 39 flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
8:6 Now 40 the seven angels holding 41 the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
8:7 The 42 first angel blew his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that 43 a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
8:8 Then 44 the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A 45 third of the sea became blood, 8:9 and a third of the creatures 46 living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. 47
8:10 Then 48 the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; 49 it landed 50 on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 8:11 (Now 51 the name of the star is 52 Wormwood.) 53 So 54 a third of the waters became wormwood, 55 and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned. 56
8:12 Then 57 the 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 them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day 58 and for a third of the night likewise. 8:13 Then 59 I looked, and I heard an 60 eagle 61 flying directly overhead, 62 proclaiming with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who live on the earth because of the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels who are about to blow them!” 63
9:1 Then 64 the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky 65 to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. 66 9:2 He 67 opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it 68 like smoke from a giant furnace. The 69 sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft. 9:3 Then 70 out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power 71 like that of the scorpions of the earth. 9:4 They 72 were told 73 not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people 74 who did not have the seal of God on their 75 forehead. 9:5 The locusts 76 were not given permission 77 to kill 78 them, but only to torture 79 them 80 for five months, and their torture was like that 81 of a scorpion when it stings a person. 82 9:6 In 83 those days people 84 will seek death, but 85 will not be able to 86 find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
9:7 Now 87 the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On 88 their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, 89 and their faces looked like men’s 90 faces. 9:8 They 91 had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. 9:9 They had breastplates 92 like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle. 9:10 They have 93 tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability 94 to injure people for five months is in their tails. 9:11 They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon. 95
9:12 The first woe has passed, but 96 two woes are still coming after these things!
9:13 Then 97 the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the 98 horns on the golden altar that is before God, 9:14 saying to the sixth angel, the one holding 99 the trumpet, “Set free 100 the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!” 9:15 Then 101 the four angels who had been prepared for this 102 hour, day, 103 month, and year were set free to kill 104 a third of humanity. 9:16 The 105 number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; 106 I heard their number. 9:17 Now 107 this is what the horses and their riders 108 looked like in my 109 vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red, 110 dark blue, 111 and sulfurous 112 yellow in color. 113 The 114 heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur 115 came out of their mouths. 9:18 A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is, 116 by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths. 9:19 For the power 117 of the horses resides 118 in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries. 9:20 The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made 119 of gold, silver, 120 bronze, stone, and wood – idols that cannot see or hear or walk about. 9:21 Furthermore, 121 they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells, 122 of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing.
10:1 Then 123 I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped 124 in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire. 125 10:2 He held 126 in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land. 10:3 Then 127 he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices. 10:4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but 128 just then 129 I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down.” 10:5 Then 130 the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven 10:6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay! 131 10:7 But in the days 132 when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed, 133 just as he has 134 proclaimed to his servants 135 the prophets.” 10:8 Then 136 the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak 137 to me 138 again, 139 “Go and take the open 140 scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” 10:9 So 141 I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He 142 said to me, “Take the scroll 143 and eat it. It 144 will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.” 10:10 So 145 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste 146 as sweet as honey in my mouth, but 147 when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter. 10:11 Then 148 they 149 told me: “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, 150 languages, and kings.”
11:1 Then 151 a measuring rod 152 like a staff was given to me, and I was told, 153 “Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there. 11:2 But 154 do not measure the outer courtyard 155 of the temple; leave it out, 156 because it has been given to the Gentiles, 157 and they will trample on the holy city 158 for forty-two months. 11:3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority 159 to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth. 11:4 (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.) 160 11:5 If 161 anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths 162 and completely consumes 163 their enemies. If 164 anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. 11:6 These two have the power 165 to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time 166 they are prophesying. They 167 have power 168 to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. 11:7 When 169 they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer 170 them and kill them. 11:8 Their 171 corpses will lie in the street 172 of the great city that is symbolically 173 called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. 11:9 For three and a half days those from every 174 people, tribe, 175 nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb. 176 11:10 And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. 11:11 But 177 after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized 178 those who were watching them. 11:12 Then 179 they 180 heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: “Come up here!” So the two prophets 181 went up to heaven in a cloud while 182 their enemies stared at them. 11:13 Just then 183 a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people 184 were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
11:14 The second woe has come and gone; 185 the third is coming quickly.
11:15 Then 186 the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:
“The kingdom of the world
has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Christ, 187
and he will reign for ever and ever.”
11:16 Then 188 the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground 189 and worshiped God 11:17 with these words: 190
“We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, 191
the one who is and who was,
because you have taken your great power
and begun to reign. 192
11:18 The 193 nations 194 were enraged,
but 195 your wrath has come,
and the time has come for the dead to be judged,
and the time has come to give to your servants, 196
the prophets, their reward,
as well as to the saints
and to those who revere 197 your name, both small and great,
and the time has come 198 to destroy those who destroy 199 the earth.”
11:19 Then 200 the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, 201 crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm. 202