Four angels sound their trumpets.

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8. 1 Kings

4. 31.

i Ezek. 38.

22.

k ch. 16. 2. 1 Isai. 2. 13.

ch. 9. 4

m Jer. 51.25. Amos 7. 4.

7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part 1of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8 And the second angel sounded," and as it were a great mountain burning with n ch. 16. 3. fire was cast into the sea: "and the third part of the sea became blood;

o Ezek. 14. 19.

p ch. 16. 3.

q Isa. 14. 12. ch. 9. 1.

r ch. 16. 4.

23. Jer. 9. 15. & 23.15.

9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

Ruth 1. 20. 11 And the name of the star is called Exod. 15 Wormwood; and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

n Isai. 13. 10. Amos 8.

9.

x ch. 14. 6. & 19. 17.

y ch. 9. 12. & 11. 14.

a Luke 10. 18. ch. 8. 10.

12 "And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, 'Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! CHAP. IX.

1 At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falleth from heaven, to whom is given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 He openeth the pit, and there come forth locusts like scorpions. 12 The first woe past. 13 The sixth trumpet soundeth. 14 Four angels are let loose, that were bound.

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AND the fifth angel sounded, and saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth and to him was given the key b Lake 8. 31. of the bottomless pit.

ch. 17. 8. & 20. 1. ver. 2, 11.

10.

Joel 2.2,

4. Judg. 7.

12.

e ver. 10.

2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

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3 And there came out of the smoke Exod. 10. locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. fch. 6. 6. & 4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have

7.3.

g ch. 8.7.

11 And they had a king over them, Ek which is 'the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound "in the great river Euphrates.

A mighly strong angel appeareth.

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d Lev. 17.7.

Ps. 106. 37..

1 Cor. 10. 20.

e

21 Neither repented they of their mur

96.

3, &c. Zech.

& 135-15.

Dan. 5.3. fornication, nor of their thefts.

f eh. 22. 15.

CHAP. X.

1 A mighty strong angel appeareth with a book open in his hand. 6 He sweareth by him that liveth for ever, that there shall be no more time. 9 John is commanded to take and eat the book.

AND! saw another mighty ange ND I saw another mighty angel with a cloud: "and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

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g Exod. 6. 8. Dan. 12. 7.

ch. 4. 11. & 14.7.

5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth "lifted up his hand to heaven,

6 And sware by him that liveth for Neh. 9. 6. ever and ever, "who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, i Dan. 12.7. that there should be time no longer : 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

ch. 16. 17.

k ch. 11. 15.

1 ver. 4.

m Jer. 15. 16.

8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And zek: 28. & he said unto me, "Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out of

unto a rod: and the angel stood, 2. 1. ch. 21. saying, Rise, and measure the temple Numb. 23. of God, and the altar, and them that 18. worship therein.

17, 20.

2 But the court which is without the c Ezek. 40. temple leave out, and measure it not; + Gr. cast for it is given unto the Gentiles: and out. the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

d Ps. 79. 1.

Luke 21. 24

e Dan. 8. 10. 1 Mac. 3. 51.

1 Or, I will

3 And I will give power unto my fch. 13.5. two witnesses, and they shall prophesy 1a thousand two hundred and threescore two witnesses days, clothed in sackcloth.

4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

5 And if any man will hurt them, 'fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

6 These "have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually 17.1.5 & 19. is called Sodom and Egypt, "where also our Lord was crucified.

10.

u Hebr. 13. 12. ch. 18.

24.

9*And they of the people and kindreds xch. 17.15. and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and y Ps. 79. 2, 3shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

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10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

z ch. 12. 12.

&13.8.

a Esther 9.

19, 22.

b ch. 16. 10.

c ver. 9.

d Ezek. 37.

11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into 5, 9, 10, 14. them and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven 'in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

ch.14.13. fIsai. 60. 8.

h ch. 6. 12.

Acts 1. 9. g 2 Kings 2. 13 And the same hour was there a 1,57 great earthquake, and the tenth part of ich. 16. 19. the city fell, and in the earthquake were + Gr.names slain of men seven thousand: and the ch.34 remnant were affrighted, and gave glory Josh.7.19. to the God of heaven.

of men.

k ch. 14.7. & 15.4

16 And the four and twenty elders, a ch.44& which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

5. 8. & 19. 4.

rch. 1.4, 8.

5.

s ch. 19. 6. t ver. 2, 9. Dan. 7.9.

17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O &4816. Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 18 And the nations were angry, and 10% thy wrath is come, "and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, x ch. 19. 5 and them that fear thy name, small and ch. 13. 10. great; and shouldest destroy them which Or,corrupt. | destroy the earth.

& 18. 6.

z ch. 15. 5, 8.

16. 18.

19 And 'the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple ach. 8.5 & the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, b ch. 16. 21. and an earthquake, and great hail. CHAP. XII.

1 Or, sign.

a Isai. 66. 7. Gal. 4. 19.

! Or, sign.

b ch. 17.3.

b

1 A woman clothed with the sun travaileth. 4 The great red dragon standeth before her, ready to devour her child. 6 When she was delivered she fleeth into the wilderness. 7 Michael and his angels fight with the dragon, and prevail. 13 The dragon being cast down into the earth persecuteth the

woman.

Ain heaven, woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, "travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another || wonder in heaven; and behold a great red ch. 17. 9, dragon, having seven heads and ten d ch. 13. 1. horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. e ch. 9. 10, 4 And his tail drew the third part 'of fch. 17. 18. the stars of heaven, and did cast them Dan. 8. 10. to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

ND appeared great

10.

19.

li ver. 2.

i Exod. 1. 16.

k Ps. 2. 9.

ch. 2.27. & 19.15.

1 ver. +

m ch. 11. 3.

n Dan. 10.13,

21. & 12. 1.

NO. 9.

and the earth earth helped the woman,

swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

CHAP. XIII.

A beast riseth out of the sea with seven heads and ten horns, to whom the dragon giveth his power. 11 Another beast cometh up out of the earth: 14 causeth an image to be made of the former beast, 15 and that men should worship it, 16 and receive his mark.

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m

1000

3 And I saw one of his heads 'as it

& 12. J

la Isai. 39-19

9 * If any man have an ear, let him hear. 10 "He that leadeth into captivity shall into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

" Isai. 33. 1. go Matt. 26. 52. y ch. 14. 12.

z eh. 11. 7.

a ver. 3.

b Deut. 13.1, 2, 3. Matt.

24. 24.

2 Thes. 2. 9. ch. 16. 14. e 1 Kings 18. 38. 2 Kings 1. 10, 12.

d ch. 12.9. & 19. 20.

11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of e 2 Thes. 2. the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

9, 10.

f 2 Kings 20.

7.

+ Gr.

breath.

19. 20. & 20.

4.

15 And he had power to give + life unto the image of the beast, that the image ch. 16. 2. & of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he caused all, both small and &1924&great, rich and poor, free and bond, "+to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads :

20. 4.

+ Gr. to give them.

The Lamb and his company.

CHAP. XIV.

1 The Lamb standing on mount Sion with his company. 6 An angel preacheth the gospel. 8 The fall of Babylon. 15 The harvest of the world, and putting in of the sickle. 20 The vintage and winepress of the wrath of God.

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ND I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood a ch. 5. 5on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, b ch. 7. 4. having his Father's name written in e ch.7. 3. & their foreheads.

13. 16.

9 And the third angel followed them, 19:18 saying with a loud voice, *If any man wor-x ch. 13. 14. ship the beast and his image, and receive 15, 16. his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

10 The same 'shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

11 And the smoke of their torment dai. 31ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

12 Here is the patience of the saints: ch. 13. 10. There are they that keep the command- f ch. 12. 17.