When he broke the second seal, I heard the second animal say, "Come!"

When he broke the third seal, I heard the third animal say, "Come!" And there I saw a black horse, and its rider had a pair of scales in his hand,

When he broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal say, "Come!"

When he broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who have been slaughtered on account of God's message and for adhering to the testimony.

When he broke the sixth seal I saw that there was a great earthquake. The sun turned black as sackcloth; the full moon became like blood;

Then I saw another angel ascend from the east with the seal of the living God, and he cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who had it in their power to harm the earth and the sea,

I heard that the number of those that were marked with the seal was 144,000. They were from every tribe of the children of Israel:

When he broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only the men who did not have the mark of God's seal upon their foreheads.

When the seven thunders had spoken I was going to write it down, but I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said! Do not write it down!"

and permits no one to buy or sell anything unless he bears the mark, that is, the animal's name or the number corresponding to its name.

The fruit of your soul's desire is gone, your luxury and splendor have perished, and people will never find them again.

"Do not seal up the words of prophecy that are in this book," he said to me, "for the time of their fulfilment is very near.