8:1 When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
8:2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
8:3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might ①add it to the prayers of all the ②saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.
▷ ①Lit give ②Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
8:4 And the smoke of the incense ascended from the angel’s hand with the prayers of the ①saints before God.
▷ ①See note 2 v 3
8:5 Then the angel ①took the ②censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder and sounds, and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.
▷ ①Lit has taken ②I.e., container to burn incense
8:6 And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.
8:7 The first sounded, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
8:8 The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was hurled into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood,
8:9 and a third of the creatures which were in the sea ①and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed.
▷ ①Lit the ones having
8:10 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters.
8:11 The star is named Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters because they were made bitter.
8:12 The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way.
8:13 Then I looked, and I heard ①an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those who live on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”
▷ ①Lit one eagle