[6:12] I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood. [6:13] The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind. [6:14] The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places. [6:15] The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains. [6:16] They told the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, [6:17] for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?"
[7:1] After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree. [7:2] I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea, [7:3] saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!" [7:4] I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
[7:5] of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand, of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, [7:6] of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, [7:7] of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, [7:8] of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
[7:9] After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. [7:10] They cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"
[7:11] All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God, [7:12] saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen."
[7:13] One of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?"
[7:14] I told him, "My lord, you know."
He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood. [7:15] Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. [7:16] They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat; [7:17] for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
[8:1] When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. [8:2] I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. [8:3] Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. [8:4] The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand. [8:5] The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.
[8:6] The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. [8:7] The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. [One third of the earth was burnt up,] and one third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.