Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Seventh Seal
1 When the Lamb broke open the
seventh seal, there was silence
in heaven for about half an hour.
2 Then I saw the seven angels who
stand before God, and they were given
seven trumpets.
3 Another angel, who had a gold
incense container, came and stood
at the altar. He was given a lot of
incense to add to the prayers of all
God's people and to offer it on the
gold altar that stands before the
throne. note
4 The smoke of the burning
incense went up with the prayers of
God's people from the hands of the
angel standing before God.
5 Then
the angel took the incense container,
filled it with fire from the altar, and
threw it on the earth. There were
rumblings and peals of thunder,
flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. note
The Trumpets
6 Then the seven angels with the
seven trumpets prepared to blow
them.
7 The first angel blew his trumpet.
Hail and fire, mixed with blood,
came pouring down on the earth. A
third of the earth was burned up, a
third of the trees, and every blade of
green grass. note note
8 Then the second angel blew his
trumpet. Something that looked like
a huge mountain on fire was thrown
into the sea. A third of the sea was
turned into blood,
9 a third of the living
creatures in the sea died, and a
third of the ships were destroyed.
10 Then the third angel blew his
trumpet. A large star, burning like a
torch, dropped from the sky and fell
on a third of the rivers and on the
springs of water. note
11 (The name of the
star is “Bitterness.”) A third of the
water turned bitter, and many people
died from drinking the water, because
it had turned bitter. note
12 Then the fourth angel blew his
trumpet. A third of the sun was
struck, and a third of the moon, and
a third of the stars, so that their light
lost a third of its brightness; there
was no light during a third of the day
and a third of the night also. note
13 Then I looked, and I heard an
eagle that was flying high in the air
say in a loud voice, “O horror! horror!
How horrible it will be for all
who live on earth when the sound
comes from the trumpets that the
other three angels must blow!”
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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