Revelation 8

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

1 When the Lamb opened *ch. 5:1;6:1the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 Then I saw the seven angels *Luke 1:19who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 And another angel came and stood *Amos 9:1at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with *ch. 5:8the prayers of all the saints on *ch. 9:13;Ex. 30:1,3the golden altar before the throne, 4 and *[Ps. 141:2]the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and *Lev. 16:12filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and *[Ps. 18:7,8] there were peals of *See ch. 4:5thunder, rumblings,*8:5 Or voices, or sounds flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

The Seven Trumpets

6 Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed *Ex. 9:23,24;Ps. 18:13;Ezek. 38:22hail and *Joel 2:30fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a *ver. 8-12;ch. 9:15,18;12:4;[Zech. 13:8,9] third of the earth was burned up, and a third of *ch. 9:4;Isa. 2:13the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like *Jer. 51:25;[Mark 11:23] a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea *ch. 11:6;[Ex. 7:17,19]became blood. 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of *Isa. 2:16the ships were destroyed.

10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and *ch. 9:1;[Isa. 14:12] a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on *ch. 14:7;16:4the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood.*8:11 Wormwood is the name of a plant and of the bitter-tasting extract derived from it A third of the waters *Deut. 29:18;Jer. 9:15;23:15became wormwood, and many people died from the water, *[Ex. 15:23]because it had been made bitter.

12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of *[Ex. 10:21-23;Isa. 13:10;30:26]the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, *[ch. 9:12;11:14]"Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!"