1Cuando el Cordero rompió el séptimo sello, se produjo en el cielo como una media hora de silencio.2Entre tanto, los siete ángeles que estaban delante de Dios recibieron siete trompetas.3Otro ángel, con un incensario de oro, vino y se paró ante el altar; allí se le entregó una gran cantidad de incienso para que lo mezclara con las oraciones de todo el pueblo de Dios y lo ofreciera sobre el altar de oro que estaba delante del trono.4Y el humo del incienso y las oraciones que el ángel derramó en el altar ascendieron a la presencia de Dios.5Luego el ángel llenó el incensario del fuego del altar y lo lanzó contra la tierra. Inmediatamente se produjeron truenos, estruendos, relámpagos y un terremoto.
Las trompetas
6Los siete ángeles de las siete trompetas se dispusieron a tocarlas.7Cuando el primero tocó la trompeta, cayó sobre la tierra una lluvia de granizo y fuego mezclados con sangre; una tercera parte de la tierra ardió y una tercera parte de los árboles quedó carbonizada; no hubo hierba verde en la tierra que no ardiera.8-9El segundo ángel tocó la trompeta e inmediatamente algo semejante a una inmensa montaña encendida se precipitó en el mar y destruyó una tercera parte de los barcos; una tercera parte del mar adquirió el color rojo de la sangre y murió una tercera parte de las criaturas que viven en el mar.10El tercer ángel tocó la trompeta y una gran estrella envuelta en llamas cayó sobre una tercera parte de los ríos y manantiales.11La estrella recibió el nombre de Amargura, porque una tercera parte de las aguas se volvieron amargas y murió mucha gente.12Cuando el cuarto ángel tocó la trompeta, una tercera parte del sol, la luna y las estrellas dejó de alumbrar. La luz del día disminuyó su intensidad en una tercera parte, y también una tercera parte de la noche quedó sin luz.13Y mientras miraba, un águila cruzó los cielos gritando: «¡Ay, ay, ay, de los habitantes de la tierra, por lo que acontecerá cuando los otros tres ángeles toquen sus trompetas!».
1When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. (Ap 5:1; Ap 6:1)2Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. (Lc 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, (Ex 30:1; Ex 30:3; Am 9:1; Ap 5:8; Ap 9:13)4and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. (Sal 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. (Lv 16:12; Sal 18:7; Ap 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. (Ex 9:23; Sal 18:13; Is 2:13; Ez 38:22; Jl 2:30; Zac 13:8; Ap 8:8; Ap 9:4; Ap 9:15; Ap 9:18; Ap 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. (Ex 7:17; Ex 7:19; Jer 51:25; Mr 11:23; Ap 11:6)9A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. (Is 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. (Is 14:12; Ap 9:1; Ap 14:7; Ap 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. (Ex 15:23; Dt 29:18; Jer 9:15; Jer 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. (Ex 10:21; Is 13:10; Is 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!” (Ap 9:12; Ap 11:14)