(M37) 1 And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in
heaven about the space of half an hour.
3 The Vision of the Seven Trumpets (The World’s Judgment Proclaimed)
(A) The Preparation for the Trumpets
(M38) 2 And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and there were
given unto them seven trumpets.
(M39) 3 And another angel came and stood over(133) the altar, having a
golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should
add(134) it unto the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which
was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, with(135) the
prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand. 5 And
the angel taketh(136) the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the
altar, and cast it upon(137) the earth: and there followed thunders, and
voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
(M40) 6 And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared
themselves to sound.
(B) The Trumpets Sounded
(M41) 7 And the first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mingled
with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of the
earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all
green grass was burnt up.
(M42) 8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain
burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea
became blood; 9 and there died the third part of the creatures which were
in the sea, _even_ they that had life; and the third part of the ships was
destroyed.
(M43) 10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great
star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers,
and upon the fountains of the waters; 11 and the name of the star is
called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and
many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
(M44) 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was
smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars;
that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not
shine for the third part of it, and the night in like manner.
(M45) (13 And I saw, and I heard an eagle(138), flying in mid heaven,
saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the
earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels,
who are yet to sound.)