The New Testament & Psalms Bible Reading Plan
September 1
Revelation 8
Chapter 8
The Seventh Seal—the Trumpets
1 When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about
half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given
to them.
3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much
incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints
on the golden altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and
threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes
of lightning and an earthquake.
6 And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound
them.
7 The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they
were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third
of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
8 The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with
fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood,
9 and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and
a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a
torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters.
11 The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became
wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
12 The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and
a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and
the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way.
13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud
voice, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining
blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”
"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission." (www.Lockman.org)
