¹⁴ saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great River Euphrates.”^(A)

¹² The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great River Euphrates, and its water was dried up in order to prepare the way for the kings from the east.^(A)

¹⁵ So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of humankind.

⁶³ When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it, and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates,^(A)

³ David also struck down the king of Zobah, Hadadezer son of Rehob, as he went to restore his monument at the River Euphrates.^(A)

¹⁴ The name of the third river is Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.^(A)

The Seven Trumpets

⁶ Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them.^[a]

The 144,000 of Israel Sealed

7 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on earth or sea or against any tree.^(A)

² And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.^(A)