Revelation 6

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The Seven Seals

6 Then I looked when the ^(A)Lamb opened one of the ^(B)seven seals, and I heard one of the ^(C)four living creatures saying as with a ^(D)voice of thunder, “^[a]Come.” ² Then I looked, and behold, a ^(E)white horse, and he who sits on it had a bow; and ^(F)a crown was given to him, and he went out ^(G)overcoming and to overcome.

³ And when He opened the second seal, I heard the ^(H)second living creature saying, “Come.” ⁴ And another, ^(I)a red horse, went out; and to him who sits on it, it was given to him to ^(J)take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

⁵ And when He opened the third seal, I heard the ^(K)third living creature saying, “Come.” Then I looked, and behold, a ^(L)black horse; and he who sits on it had a ^(M)pair of scales in his hand. ⁶ And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the ^(N)four living creatures saying, “One ^[b]choinix of wheat for one ^[c]denarius, and three ^[d]choinix of barley for one ^[e]denarius, and ^(O)do not harm the oil and the wine.”

⁷ And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the ^(P)fourth living creature saying, “Come.” ⁸ Then I looked, and behold, a ^(Q)pale horse; and he who sits on it had the name ^(R)Death, and ^(S)Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^(T)to kill with sword and with famine and with ^[f]pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

⁹ And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw ^(U)underneath the ^(V)altar the ^(W)souls of those who had been slain ^(X)because of the word of God, and because of the ^(Y)witness which they had maintained; ¹⁰ and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “^(Z)How long, O ^(AA)Master, ^(AB)holy and true? ^[g]Will You not ^(AC)judge and avenge our blood on ^(AD)those who dwell on the earth?” ¹¹ And ^(AE)a white robe was given to each of them; and it was told to them that they should ^(AF)rest for a little while longer, ^(AG)until the number of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were to be killed even as they had been, would be ^(AH)completed also.

¹² Then I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and there was a great ^(AI)earthquake; and the ^(AJ)sun became black as ^(AK)sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; ¹³ and ^(AL)the stars of the sky fell to the earth, ^(AM)as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. ^14 (AN)And the sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and ^(AO)every mountain and island were moved out of their places. ¹⁵ Then ^(AP)the kings of the earth and the great men and the ^[h]commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man ^(AQ)hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; ¹⁶ and they *^(AR)said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the ^[i]presence of Him ^(AS)who sits on the throne, and from the ^[j](AT)wrath of the Lamb, ¹⁷ for ^(AU)the great ^(AV)day of their ^[k]wrath has come, and ^(AW)who is able to stand?”