8:1 Now¹ when² he opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 8:2 Then³ I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 8:3 Another⁴ angel holding⁵ a golden censer⁶ came and was stationed⁷ at the altar. A⁸ large amount of incense was given to him to offer up,⁹ with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar that is before the throne. 8:4 The¹⁰ smoke coming from the incense,¹¹ along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. 8:5 Then¹² the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring,¹³ flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

8:6 Now¹⁴ the seven angels holding¹⁵ the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.

8:7 The¹⁶ first angel sounded his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that¹⁷ a third of the earth was burned up, a third the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

8:8 Then¹⁸ the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A¹⁹ third of the sea became blood, 8:9 and a third of the creatures alive²⁰ in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed.²¹

8:10 Then²² the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky;²³ it landed²⁴ on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.²⁵ 8:11 (Now²⁶ the name of the star is²⁷ ‘Wormwood.’)²⁸ So²⁹ a third of the waters became wormwood,³⁰ and many people died from these waters because they had turned bitter.³¹

8:12 Then³² the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day³³ and for a third of the night likewise. 8:13 Then³⁴ I looked, and I heard an³⁵ eagle³⁶ flying directly overhead,³⁷ proclaiming with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe, to those who live on the earth because of the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels who are about to blow them!”³⁸