¶ And¹ when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence² in heaven about the space of half an hour.

And I saw the seven angels³ which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets⁴.

And another⁶ angel came and stood⁸ at the altar, having⁹ a golden censer; and there was given unto him much¹⁰ incense, that he should offer it with the prayers¹¹ of all saints upon the golden¹² altar which was before the throne.

¹³And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

And the angel took the censer, and filled¹⁴ it with fire of the altar, and cast it into¹⁵ the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an¹⁶ earthquake.

¹⁷And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

¶ The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and¹⁸ fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon¹⁹ the earth: and the third part²⁰ of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

And the second angel sounded, and as²¹ it were a great mountain burning²² with fire was cast into the sea: and the third²³ part of the sea became blood;

And the third part of the creatures²⁴ which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships²⁵ were destroyed.

¶ And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great²⁶ star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains²⁷ of waters;

And the name of the star is called Wormwood²⁸: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many²⁹ men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun³⁰ was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day³¹ shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

And I beheld, and heard an angel flying³² through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe³³, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!