Revelation 7-8

New King James Version

The Sealed of Israel

7 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, ^(A)holding the four winds of the earth, ^(B)that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. ²Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, ³saying, ^(C)“Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God ^(D)on their foreheads.” ⁴^(E)And I heard the number of those who were sealed. ^(F)One hundred and forty-four thousand ^(G)of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:

⁵of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand were ^[a]sealed;
of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand were sealed;
⁶of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand were sealed;
⁷of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand were sealed;
⁸of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed;
of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

A Multitude from the Great Tribulation

⁹After these things I looked, and behold, ^(H)a great multitude which no one could number, ^(I)of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, ^(J)clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰and crying out with a loud voice, saying, ^(K)“Salvation belongs to our God ^(L)who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” ¹¹^(M)All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and ^(N)worshiped God, ¹²^(O)saying:

“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever.
Amen.”

¹³Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in ^(P)white robes, and where did they come from?”

¹⁴And I said to him, ^[b]“Sir, you know.”

So he said to me, ^(Q)“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and ^(R)washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will ^(S)dwell among them. ¹⁶^(T)They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; ^(U)the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; ¹⁷for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne ^(V)will shepherd them and lead them to ^[c]living fountains of waters. ^(W)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Seventh Seal: Prelude to the Seven Trumpets

8 When^(X) He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. ²^(Y)And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, ^(Z)and to them were given seven trumpets. ³Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with ^(AA)the prayers of all the saints upon ^(AB)the golden altar which was before the throne. ⁴And ^(AC)the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. ⁵Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And ^(AD)there were noises, thunderings, ^(AE)lightnings, ^(AF)and an earthquake.

⁶So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

First Trumpet: Vegetation Struck

⁷The first angel sounded: ^(AG)And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown ^(AH)to the ^[d]earth. And a third ^(AI)of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck

⁸Then the second angel sounded: ^(AJ)And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, ^(AK)and a third of the sea ^(AL)became blood. ⁹^(AM)And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Third Trumpet: The Waters Struck

¹⁰Then the third angel sounded: ^(AN)And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, ^(AO)and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. ¹¹^(AP)The name of the star is Wormwood. ^(AQ)A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.

Fourth Trumpet: The Heavens Struck

¹²^(AR)Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day ^[e]did not shine, and likewise the night.

¹³And I looked, ^(AS)and I heard an ^[f]angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, ^(AT)“Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”