And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for adhering to God's word and to the testimony which they bore;

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;

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.

Then the sixth angel blew; and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,

And I was given a reed like a rod, and told, "Rise up and measure the temple of God and the altar, numbering the worshippers;

and another angel came from the altar ??he who has power over fire ??and called loudly to the one who had the sharp sickle, "Thrust your sharp sickle in, cull the clusters from the Vine of earth, for its grapes are fully ripe."

And I heard the altar cry, "Even so, Lord God almighty: true and just are thy sentences of doom."