12 When he opened the sixth seal there was a tremendous earthquake. The sun turned black like hair sackcloth and the whole moon turned red like blood. 13 The stars of heaven fell to earth like unripe figs falling from a fig tree shaken by a windstorm.
14 The sky disappeared like a scroll rolling up, and all the mountains and islands were moved from where they were. 15 The kings of the earth, the great leaders, the wealthy, the powerful, and all people, slave or free, hid themselves in caves and among the rocks in the mountains. 16 They called on the mountains and the rocks, telling them, "Fall upon us! Hide us6:16. "Fall upon us! Hide us": the reference is from Hosea 10:8. from the face of the one who sits on the throne, and from the judgment6:16. Literally, "anger," and in the following verse. However, this human emotion when applied to God can misrepresent what is meant here. The old term "wrath" includes something of the idea of judgment and punishment, but is obsolete. What is clearly happening here is the execution of God’s judgment which is right and true, and does not fit with human aspects of anger that include "being mad" or "furious rage." of the Lamb. 17 For the terrible day of their judgment has come, and who can stand against it?"