¹⁸ By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths.

¹⁷ And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; ^(A)and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.

¹⁵ So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a ^(A)third of mankind.