Revelation 8:6-9:12

English Standard Version

The Seven Trumpets

⁶ Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

⁷ The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed ^(A)hail and ^(B)fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a ^(C)third of the earth was burned up, and a third of ^(D)the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

⁸ The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like ^(E)a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea ^(F)became blood. ⁹ A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of ^(G)the ships were destroyed.

¹⁰ The third angel blew his trumpet, and ^(H)a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on ^(I)the springs of water. ¹¹ The name of the star is Wormwood.^[a] A third of the waters ^(J)became wormwood, and many people died from the water, ^(K)because it had been made bitter.

¹² The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of ^(L)the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

¹³ Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, ^(M)“Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

9 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and ^(N)I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given ^(O)the key to the shaft of ^(P)the bottomless pit.^{[b] 2} He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft ^(Q)rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and ^(R)the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. ³ Then from the smoke came ^(S)locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. ⁴ They were told ^(T)not to harm ^(U)the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have ^(V)the seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ They were allowed to torment them ^(W)for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. ⁶ And in those days ^(X)people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

^7 (Y)In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: ^(Z)on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were ^(AA)like human faces, ⁸ their hair like women's hair, and ^(AB)their teeth like lions' teeth; ⁹ they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was ^(AC)like the noise of many chariots with ^(AD)horses rushing into battle. ¹⁰ They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people ^(AE)for five months is in their tails. ¹¹ They have ^(AF)as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is ^(AG)Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.^[c]

^12 (AH)The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.