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About this chapterWhen the Lamb opens the seventh seal there is silence in heaven for about half an hour. Seven angels are given seven trumpets, and another angel offers incense with the prayers of the saints on the golden altar, then fills the censer with fire from the altar and hurls it to earth, causing thunder and an earthquake. The first four trumpets strike a third of the earth and trees with hail and fire, a third of the sea with a burning mountain, a third of the waters with a star named Wormwood, and a third of the sun, moon and stars. An eagle flying in midair cries out woe to the inhabitants of the earth for the three trumpet blasts still to come.

When the Lamb opens the seventh seal there is silence in heaven for about half an hour. Seven angels are given seven trumpets, and another angel offers incense with the prayers of the saints on the golden altar, then fills the censer with fire from the altar and hurls it to earth, causing thunder and an earthquake. The first four trumpets strike a third of the earth and trees with hail and fire, a third of the sea with a burning mountain, a third of the waters with a star named Wormwood, and a third of the sun, moon and stars. An eagle flying in midair cries out woe to the inhabitants of the earth for the three trumpet blasts still to come.

Themes

  • Silence in heaven
  • Prayers of the saints
  • Trumpets of warning

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Revelation 8

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1When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets. 3Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. 4And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. 5Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. 6And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. 7Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass. 8Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood, 9a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters. 12Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well. 13And as I observed, I heard an eagle flying overhead, calling in a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!”
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