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that were sealed.

CHAP. VIII.

Multitude of the redeemed. of Issachar were sealed twelvel 15 Therefore are they before thousand. the throne of God, and serve

8 Of the tribe of Zabulon him day and night in his temwere sealed twelve thousand. ple: and he that sitteth on the Of the tribe of Joseph were throne shall dwell among them. sealed twelve thousand. Of the 16 They shall hunger no tribe of Benjamin were sealed more, neither thirst any more; twelve thousand. neither shall the sun light on

9 After this I beheld, and lo, them, nor any heat. a great multitude, which no man 17 For the Lamb which is in could number, of all nations, the midst of the throne shall and kindreds, and people, and feed them, and shall lead them tongues, stood before the throne, unto living fountains of waters: and before the Lamb, clothed and God shall wipe away all with white robes, and palms in tears from their eyes.

their hands;

10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

CHAP. VIII.
Seven angels with trumpets.

AND when he had opened

the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the

11 And all the angels stood space of half an hour. round about the throne, and 2 And I saw the seven angels about the elders and the four which stood before God; and to beasts, and fell before the throne them were given seven trumpets. on their faces, and worshipped 3 And another angel came God, and stood at the altar, having 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, a golden censer; and there was and glory, and wisdom, and given unto him much incense, thanksgiving, and honour, and that he should offer it with the power, and might, be unto our prayers of all saints upon the God for ever and ever. Amen. golden altar which was before 13 And one of the elders the throne.

answered, saying unto me, What 4 And the smoke of the are these which are arrayed in incense, which came with the white robes? and whence came prayers of the saints, ascended they? up before God out of the angel's

14 And I said unto him, Sir, hand. thou knowest. And he said to 5 And the angel took the me, These are they which came censer, and filled it with fire out of great tribulation, and of the altar, and cast it into the have washed their robes, and earth: and there were voices, made them white in the blood and thunderings, and lightnings, of the Lamb. and an earthquake.

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Seven angels with trumpets. REVELATION, Bottomless pit opened. 6 And the seven angels which midst of heaven, saying with a had the seven trumpets prepared loud voice, Wo, wo, wo, to the themselves to sound. inhabiters of the earth, by rea

7 The first angel sounded, son of the other voices of the and there followed hail and fire trumpet of the three angels, mingled with blood, and they which are yet to sound!

were cast upon the earth; and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

CHAP. IX.

A star falleth from heaven.
ND the fifth angel sounded,
and I saw a star fall from

8 And the second angel heaven unto the earth and to sounded, and as it were a great him was given the key of the mountain burning with fire was bottomless pit.

cast into the sea: and the third 2 And he opened the botpart of the sea became blood; tomless pit; and there arose a 9 And the third part of the smoke out of the pit, as the creatures which were in the smoke of a great furnace; and sea, and had life, died; and the the sun and the air were darkthird part of the ships were de-ened by reason of the smoke of stroyed. the pit.

10 And the third angel sound- 3 And there came out of the ed, and there fell a great star smoke locusts upon the earth: from heaven, burning as it were and unto them was given power, a lamp, and it fell upon the as the scorpions of the earth third part of the rivers, and have power.

upon the fountains of waters; 4 And it was commanded

11 And the name of the star them that they should not hurt is called Wormwood: and the the grass of the earth, neither third part of the waters became any green thing, neither any wormwood; and many men died tree; but only those men which of the waters, because they were have not the seal of God in their made bitter. foreheads.

12 And the fourth angel 5 And to them it was given sounded, and the third part of that they should not kill them, the sun was smitten, and the but that they should be torthird part of the moon, and the mented five months: and their third part of the stars; so as the torment was as the torment of a third part of them was darkened, scorpion, when he striketh a and the day shone not for a third man.

part of it, and the night like- 6 And in those days shall wise. men seek death, and shall not 13 And I beheld, and heard find it; and shall desire to die, an angel flying flying through the and death shall flee from them.

Four angels loosed:

CHAP. X.

Great plagues follow. 7 And the shapes of the 16 And the number of the locusts were like unto horses army of the horsemen were two prepared unto battle; and on hundred thousand thousand: their heads were as it were and I heard the number of them. crowns like gold, and their 17 And thus I saw the horses faces were as the faces of men. in the vision, and them that sat 8 And they had hair as the on them, having breast-plates hair of women, and their teeth of fire, and of jacinth, and were as the teeth of lions. brimstone: and the heads of

9 And they had breast-plates, the horses were as the heads of as it were breast-plates of iron; lions; and out of their mouths and the sound of their wings issued fire, and smoke, and was as the sound of chariots brimstone.

of many horses running to bat

tle.

18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the

10 And they had tails like fire, and by the smoke, and by unto scorpions, and there were the brimstone, which issued out stings in their tails: and their of their mouths.

months.

power was to hurt men five 19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for 11 And they had a king over their tails were like unto serthem, which is the angel of the pents, and had heads, and with bottomless pit, whose name in them they do hurt.

the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, 20 And the rest of the men but in the Greek tongue hath which were not killed by these his name Apollyon. plagues yet repented not of the 12 One wo is past; and be- works of their hands, that they hold, there come two woes more should not worship devils, and hereafter. idols of gold, and silver, and 13 And the sixth angel brass, and stone, and of wood: sounded, and I heard a voice which neither can see, nor hear, from the four horns of the nor walk: golden altar which is before 21 Neither repented they of God, their murders, nor of their sor14 Saying to the sixth angel ceries, nor of their fornication, which had the trumpet, Loose nor of their thefts.

the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

CHAP. X.
An angel with a book.

15 And the four angels were AND I saw another mighty loosed, which were prepared angel come down from for an hour, and a day, and a heaven, clothed with a cloud: month, and a year, for to slay and a rainbow was upon his the third part of men. head, and his face was as it

REVELATION,

An angel with a book. John eateth the book. were the sun, and his feet as and said unto him, Give me the pillars of fire: little book. And he said unto

2 And he had in his hand a me, Take it, and eat it up; and little book open: and he set his it shall make thy belly bitter, right foot upon the sea, and his but it shall be in thy mouth left foot on the earth, sweet as honey.

3 And cried with a loud voice, 10 And I took the little book as when a lion roareth: and out of the angel's hand, and ate when he had cried, seven thun- it up; and it was in my mouth ders uttered their voices. sweet as honey: and as soon 4 And when the seven thun- as I had eaten it my belly was ders had uttered their voices, I bitter.

was about to write: and I heard 11 And he said unto me, Thou a voice from heaven saying unto must prophesy again before me, Seal up those things which many peoples, and nations, and the seven thunders uttered, and tongues, and kings.

write them not.

5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon earth, lifted up

ven,

CHAP. XI.

The two witnesses prophesy.

his hand to heaAND there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise,

6 And sware by him that and measure the temple of God, liveth for ever and ever, who and the altar, and them that created heaven, and the things worship therein.

that therein are, and the earth, 2 But the court which is withand the things that therein are, out the temple, leave out, and and the sea, and the things measure it not; for it is given which are therein, that there unto the Gentiles: and the holy should be time no longer: city shall they tread under foot

7 But in the days of the voice forty and two months.

of the seventh angel, when he 3 And I will give power unto shall begin to sound, the mys- my two witnesses, and they shall tery of God should be finished, prophesy a thousand two hunas he hath declared to his ser-dred and threescore days, clovants the prophets. thed in sackcloth.

8 And the voice which I heard 4 These are the two olivefrom heaven spake unto me trees, and the two candlesticks again, and said, Go, and take standing before the God of the the little book which is open in earth. the hand of the angel which 5 And if any man will hurt standeth upon the sea and upon them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth 9 And I went unto the angel, their enemies: and if any man

the earth.

Two prophesying witnesses.

CHAP. XI.

A great earthquake. will hurt them, he must in this a cloud; and their enemies bemanner be killed. held them. 6 These have power to shut 13 And the same hour was heaven, that it rain not in the there a great earthquake, and days of their prophecy: and the tenth part of the city fell, have power over waters to turn and in the earthquake were them to blood, and to smite slain of men seven thousand: the earth with all plagues, as and the remnant were affrighted, often as they will. and gave glory to the God of

7 And when they shall have heaven.

finished their testimony, the 14 The second wo is past;

beast that ascendeth out of the and behold, the third wo combottomless pit shall make war eth quickly.

against them, and shall over- 15 And the seventh angel come them, and kill them. sounded; and there were great

8 And their dead bodies shall voices in heaven, saying, The lie in the street of the great city, kingdoms of this world are bewhich spiritually is called Sodom come the kingdoms of our Lord, and Egypt, where also our Lord and of his Christ; and he shall was crucified. reign for ever and ever.

9 And they of the people, and 16 And the four and twenty kindreds, and tongues, and na- elders, which sat before God on tions, shall see their dead bodies their seats, fell upon their faces, three days and a half, and shall and worshipped God,

graves.

not suffer their dead bodies to 17 Saying, We give thee be put in thanks, O Lord God Almighty, 10 And they that dwell upon which art, and wast, and art to the earth shall rejoice over come; because thou hast taken them, and make merry, and to thee thy great power, and shall send gifts one to another; hast reigned.

because these two prophets tor- 18 And the nations were mented them that dwelt on the angry, and thy wrath is come, earth. and the time of the dead, that

11 And after three days and they should be judged, and that a half the Spirit of life from thou shouldest give reward unto God entered into them, and thy servants the prophets, and they stood upon their feet; and to the saints, and them that great fear fell upon them which fear thy name, small and great; saw them. and shouldest destroy them 12 And they heard a great which destroy the earth. voice from heaven, saying unto 19 And the temple of God them, Come up hither. And was opened in heaven, and there they ascended up to heaven in was seen in his temple the

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