The first one blew his trumpet, and there was a shower of hail and fire mixed with blood as it hurled itself upon the earth, and one-third of the earth was burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and what seemed to be a great mountain, all ablaze with fire, hurled itself into the sea, and one-third of the sea was turned into blood,

and one-third of all the living creatures in the sea perished, and one-third of the ships were destroyed.

Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and there fell from the sky a great star blazing like a torch, and it fell upon one-third of the rivers and the springs of water.

The star is called Absinthus, that is, Wormwood. So one-third of the waters turned to wormwood, and great numbers of people died of the waters, because they had turned bitter.

Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and one-third of the sun was cursed with a plague, and one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars, so that one-third of them were darkened, and there was no light for one-third of the day and for one-third of the night.

Then the four angels that were kept in readiness for that hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of mankind.

One-third of mankind was killed by these three plagues: the fire, smoke, and sulphur that kept pouring out of their mouths.

But the tenants took his slaves and beat the first one, killed the second, and stoned the third.

Then he sent a third one, and they killed him, and many others, some of whom they beat, some they killed.

But we kept hoping that He was the One who was coming to set Israel free. Moreover, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things occurred.