The Seven Trumpets

Revelation 8

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

7 The first angel sounded: j And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown k to the 1 earth. And a third l of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

8 Then the second angel sounded: m And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, n and a third of the sea o became blood. 9 p And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

10 Then the third angel sounded: q And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, r and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 s The name of the star is Wormwood. t A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.

12 u 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 2 did not shine, and likewise the night.

13 And I looked, v and I heard an 3 angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, w "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!"

Revelation 9

1 Then the fifth angel sounded: a And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to b the 4 bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the c sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. 3 Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, d as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were commanded e not to harm f the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have g the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And 5 they were not given authority to kill them, h but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 In those days i men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

7 j The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. k On their heads were crowns of something like gold, l and their faces were like the faces of men. 8 They had hair like women's hair, and m their teeth were like lions' teeth. 9 And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was n like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. 10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. 11 And they had as king over them o the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is 6 Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name 7 Apollyon.

12 p One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.

13 Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the q golden altar which is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound r at the great river Euphrates." 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a s third of mankind. 16 Now t the number of the army u of the horsemen was two hundred million; v I heard the number of them. 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; w and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. 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. 19 For 8 their power is in their mouth and in their tails; x for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.

20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, y did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship z demons, a and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. 21 And they did not repent of their murders b or their 9 sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

  1. Cross References
    Ephesians 1:15
    Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.
    Colossians 1:4
    Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints.
    1 Thessalonians 3:6
    But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always have good remembrance of us, greatly desiring to see us, as we also to see you -
  2. Cross References
    Philippians 1:9
    And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment.
    Colossians 1:9
    For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
    Colossians 3:10
    And have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
    James 2:14 - 17
    What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?
  3. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 5:18
    In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
  4. Cross References
    Colossians 4:9
    With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you all things which are happening here.
  5. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 9:7
    So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
    1 Peter 5:2
    Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly.
  6. Cross References
    Ephesians 6:5
    Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ.
    Colossians 3:22
    Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.
  7. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 16:21
    The salutation with my own hand - Paul's.
    Galatians 6:11
    See with what large letters I have written to you with my own hand!
    2 Thessalonians 3:17
    The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is a sign in every epistle; so I write.
  8. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 7:16
    Therefore I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything.
  9. Cross References
    Philippians 1:25
    And being confident of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy of faith.
    Philippians 2:24
    But I trust in the Lord that I myself shall also come shortly.
  10. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 1:11
    You also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many.
  11. Cross References
    Colossians 1:7
    As you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf.
    Colossians 4:12
    Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
  12. Cross References
    Acts 12:12
    So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying.
    Acts 12:25
    And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their ministry, and they also took with them John whose surname was Mark.
    Acts 15:37 - 39
    Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark.
    Colossians 4:10
    Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him).
  13. Cross References
    Acts 19:29
    So the whole city was filled with confusion, and rushed into the theater with one accord, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's travel companions.
    Acts 27:2
    So, entering a ship of Adramyttium, we put to sea, meaning to sail along the coasts of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, was with us.
    Colossians 4:10
    Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him).
  14. Cross References
    Colossians 4:14
    Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
    2 Timothy 4:10
    For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica - Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
  15. Cross References
    2 Timothy 4:11
    Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for ministry.
  16. Cross References
    2 Timothy 4:22
    The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
  17. Cross References
    Numbers 12:6
    Then He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream.
    Numbers 12:8
    I speak with him face to face, Even plainly, and not in dark sayings; And he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant Moses?
    Joel 2:28
    And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions.
  18. Cross References
    John 1:14
    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
  19. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 4:4
    Whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
    Colossians 1:15
    He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
  20. Cross References
    Colossians 1:17
    And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
  21. Cross References
    Hebrews 7:27
    Who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 110:1
    The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.
  23. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:6
    For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is g...
    Isaiah 9:7
    Of the increase of His government and peace The...
    Luke 1:32
    He will be great, and will be called the Son of...
    Luke 1:33
    "And He will reign over the house of Jacob fore...
    Philippians 2:9
    Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and g...
    Philippians 2:10
    That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow...
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 2:7
    I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
    Acts 13:33
    "God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm: 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.'
    Hebrews 5:5
    So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
  25. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:14
    I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
  26. Cross References
    Psalms 89:27
    Also I will make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.
    Romans 8:29
    For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
  27. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:43
    "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And render vengeance to His adversaries; He will provide atonement for His land and His people."
    Psalms 97:7
    Let all be put to shame who serve carved images, Who boast of idols. Worship Him, all you gods.
    1 Peter 3:22
    Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
    Revelation 5:11 - 13
    Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands.
  28. Cross References
    Psalms 104:4
    Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.
  29. Cross References
    Psalms 45:6
    Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
    Psalms 45:7
    You love righteousness and hate wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.
  30. Cross References
    Isaiah 61:1
    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
    Isaiah 61:3
    To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
  31. Cross References
    Psalms 102:25 - 27
    Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
  32. Cross References
    Isaiah 34:4
    All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree.
  33. Cross References
    Isaiah 50:9
    Surely the Lord GOD will help Me; Who is he who will condemn Me? Indeed they will all grow old like a garment; The moth will eat them up.
    Isaiah 51:6
    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished.
    Hebrews 8:13
    In that He says, "A new covenant, " He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
  34. Cross References
    Hebrews 13:8
    Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  35. Cross References
    Psalms 110:1
    The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.
    Matthew 22:44
    The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool" ' ?
    Hebrews 1:3
    Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
  36. Cross References
    Psalms 103:20
    Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word.
    Daniel 7:10
    A fiery stream issued And came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, And the books were opened.
  37. Cross References
    Romans 8:17
    And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
  38. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 33:2
    And he said: "The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came with ten thousands of saints; From His right hand Came a fiery law for them.
    Acts 7:53
    "who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it."
    Galatians 3:19
    What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.
  39. Cross References
    Numbers 15:30
    But the person who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one brings reproach on the LORD, and he shall be cut off from among his people.
  40. Cross References
    Hebrews 10:28
    Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  41. Cross References
    Matthew 4:17
    From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
  42. Cross References
    Mark 16:20
    And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.
    Luke 1:2
    Just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us.
    1 John 1:1
    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life -
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