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The First Seal—Rider on White Horse
1 Then I saw when the
ALamb broke one of the
Bseven seals, and I heard one of the
Cfour living creatures saying as with a
Dvoice of thunder, “Come
1.”
2 I looked, and behold, a
Awhite horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and
Ba crown was given to him, and he went out
Cconquering and to conquer.
The Second Seal—War
3 When He broke the second seal, I heard the
Asecond living creature saying, “Come
1.”
4 And another,
Aa red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to
Btake peace from the earth, and that
men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.
The Third Seal—Famine
5 When He broke the third seal, I heard the
Athird living creature saying, “Come
1.” I looked, and behold, a
Bblack horse; and he who sat on it had a
Cpair of scales in his hand.
6 And I heard
something like a voice in the center of the
Afour living creatures saying, “A
1quart of wheat for a
2denarius, and three
1quarts of barley for a
2denarius; and
Bdo not damage the oil and the wine.”
The Fourth Seal—Death
7 When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the
Afourth living creature saying, “Come
1.”
8 I looked, and behold, an
1Aashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name
BDeath; and
BHades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth,
Cto kill with sword and with famine and with
2pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
The Fifth Seal—Martyrs
9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw
Aunderneath the
Baltar the
Csouls of those who had been slain
Dbecause of the word of God, and because of the
Etestimony which they had maintained;
10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “
AHow long, O
1BLord,
Choly and true,
2will You refrain from
Djudging and avenging our blood on
Ethose who dwell on the earth?”
11 And
Athere was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should
Brest for a little while longer,
Cuntil
the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be
Dcompleted also.
The Sixth Seal—Terror
12 I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great
Aearthquake; and the
Bsun became black as
Csackcloth
made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;
13 and
Athe stars of the sky fell to the earth,
Bas a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.
14 AThe sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and
Bevery mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 Then
Athe kings of the earth and the great men and the
1commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;
16 and they *
Asaid to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the
1presence of Him
Bwho sits on the throne, and from the
Cwrath of the Lamb;
17 for
Athe great day of their wrath has come, and
Bwho is able to stand?”