Thematic Bible
Revelation 8:1 (show verse)
When he broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
Revelation 8:2 (show verse)
Then I saw the seven angels who stood before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
Revelation 8:3 (show verse)
Then another angel with a gold censer came and stood at the altar, and he was given a great quantity of incense so that he might mingle it with the prayers of all the saints on the altar of gold that stood before the throne.
Revelation 8:4 (show verse)
So the smoke of the incense went up before God from the angel's hand for the prayers of his people.
Revelation 8:5 (show verse)
Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar, and emptied it upon the earth, and there followed peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
Revelation 8:6 (show verse)
Then the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
Revelation 8:7 (show verse)
The first blew his trumpet, and there was a storm of hail and fire mixed with blood, and it fell upon the earth, and one third of the earth was burned up, and one third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
Revelation 8:8 (show verse)
Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and what looked like a great mountain ablaze with fire was thrown into the sea, and one third of the sea turned into blood,
Revelation 8:9 (show verse)
and one third of all the live creatures in the sea perished, and one third of the ships were destroyed.
Revelation 8:10 (show verse)
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 streams and the springs of water.
Revelation 8:11 (show verse)
The star is called Apsinthus, that is, Wormwood. Then one third of the waters turned to wormwood, and numbers of people died of the waters, for they had turned bitter.
Revelation 8:12 (show verse)
Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and one third of the sun was blasted, 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 of the night.
Revelation 8:13 (show verse)
Then in my vision I heard an eagle flying in midair say in a loud voice, "Alas! Alas! Alas for the inhabitants of the earth, because of the other blasts of the three angels who are going to blow their trumpets!"