1 And when he opened the seventh seal, silence reigned in heaven for about half-an-hour.
2 Then I saw seven trumpets being given to the seven angels who stand before God.
3 And another angel went and stood at the altar with a golden censer; he was given abundant incense, to be laid with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar in front of the throne;
4 and the smoke of the incense with the prayers of all the saints rose up from the angel's hand before God.
5 And the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and poured it on the earth; then followed peals of thunder, loud blasts, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
6 And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to blow their blasts.
7 The first blew, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, falling on the earth; a third of the earth was burnt up, a third of the trees were burnt up, and all the green grass was burnt up.
8 The second angel blew, and what looked like a huge mountain on fire was hurled into the sea; a third of the sea turned blood,
9 a third of the creatures in the sea ??the living creatures ??perished, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel blew, and a huge star blazing like a torch dropped out of the sky, dropped on a third of the rivers and on the fountains
11 (the name of the star is Wormwood); a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died of the waters, because they had turned bitter.
12 The fourth angel blew; and a stroke fell on a third of the sun, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so as to darken one third of them, withdrawing light from a third of the day and likewise of the night.