1When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. (启5:1; 启6:1)2Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. (路1:19)3And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, (出30:1; 出30:3; 摩9:1; 启5:8; 启9:13)4and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. (诗141:2)5Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings,[1] flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. (利16:12; 诗18:7; 启4:5)
The Seven Trumpets
6Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.7The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. (出9:23; 诗18:13; 赛2:13; 结38:22; 珥2:30; 亚13:8; 启8:8; 启9:4; 启9:15; 启9:18; 启12:4)8The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. (出7:17; 出7:19; 耶51:25; 可11:23; 启11:6)9A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. (赛2:16)10The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. (赛14:12; 启9:1; 启14:7; 启16:4)11The name of the star is Wormwood.[2] A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter. (出15:23; 申29:18; 耶9:15; 耶23:15)12The fourth angel blew 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 their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night. (出10:21; 赛13:10; 赛30:26)13Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!” (启9:12; 启11:14)