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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!” |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.” |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?” |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” |
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