1   And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard

one ^note of the four living creatures saying as the voice of thunder, Come and see. 2   And I saw, and behold a white horse, and he that sat on

him had a bow, ^note and a crown was given him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer. 3   And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature ^note saying, Come. 4   And there went forth another horse that was red; ^note and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, that they should kill one another; and there was given him a great sword. 5   And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature ^note say, Come. And I saw, and behold a black horse, and he that sat on him had a pair of scales in his hand. 6   And I heard a voice ^note in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley

for a penny; and hurt not the oil and the wine. 7   And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature ^note saying, Come. 8   And I saw and behold a pale horse, ^note and he that sat on him, his name was Death, (and Hades followeth even with him) and power was given him over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with the scimetar, and with famine, and with death, and by the beasts of the earth.

9   And when he opened the fifth seal, ^note I saw under the altar the souls

of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. 10   And they cried ^note

with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, thou Holy One and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth? 11   And there was given to them, to every one, a white robe; ^note and it was said to them, that they should rest yet for a time, till their fellow servants also and their brethren should be fulfilled, who should be killed even as they were.

12   And I saw ^note when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun was black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon was as blood; 13   And the stars of heaven fell to ^note the earth, as a fig-tree

casteth its untimely figs, when it is shaken by a mighty wind: 14   And the heaven departed as a book that is rolled together, ^note and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15   And the kings of the earth, ^note and the chief captains, and the rich, and the mighty, and every slave, and every free man hid themselves in the caves, and in the rocks of the mountains: 16   And said to the mountains and to the rocks, ^note Fall on us, and cover us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. 17   For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

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