He also caused<n id="1" /> everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave<n id="2" />) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.

The<n id="1" /> sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death<n id="2" /> and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

saying to the sixth angel, the one holding<n id="1" /> the trumpet, &#8220;Set free<n id="2" /> the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!&#8221;

the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground<n id="1" /> before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns<n id="2" /> before his<n id="3" /> throne, saying:p>

But in the days<n id="1" /> when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed,<n id="2" /> just as he has<n id="3" /> proclaimed to his servants<n id="4" /> the prophets.&#8221;

But<n id="1" /> after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized<n id="2" /> those who were watching them.

Then<n id="1" /> I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> a second time the crowd shouted, &#8220;Hallelujah!&#8221; The smoke rises from her forever and ever.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">(Look! I am coming soon!p> <p class="poetry">Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.)<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The<n id="1" /> nations<n id="2" /> were enraged,p> <p class="poetry">but<n id="3" /> your wrath has come,p> <p class="poetry">and the time has come for the dead to be judged,p> <p class="poetry">and the time has come to give to your servants,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the prophets, their reward,p> <p class="poetry">as well as to the saintsp> <p class="poetry">and to those who revere<n id="5" /> your name, both small and great,p> <p class="poetry">and the time has come<n id="6" /> to destroy those who destroy<n id="7" /> the earth.&#8221;p>

So<n id="1" /> the first angel<n id="2" /> went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Then<n id="3" /> ugly and painful sores<n id="4" /> appeared on the people<n id="5" /> who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.p>

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then<n id="1" /> books were opened, and another book was opened &#8211; the book of life.<n id="2" /> So<n id="3" /> the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.<n id="4" />

Blessed is the one who reads the words of this<n id="1" /> prophecy aloud,<n id="2" /> and blessed are<n id="3" /> those who hear and obey<n id="4" /> the things written in it, because the time is near!<n id="5" />p>

and has appointed<n id="1" /> us as a kingdom,<n id="2" /> as priests<n id="3" /> serving his God and Father &#8211; to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever!<n id="4" /> Amen.p>

Look! I am throwing her onto a bed of violent illness,<n id="1" /> and those who commit adultery with her into terrible suffering,<n id="2" /> unless they repent of her deeds.

<p class="bodytext">And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor,<n id="1" /> and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

and the stars in the sky<n id="1" /> fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping<n id="2" /> its unripe figs<n id="3" /> when shaken by a fierce<n id="4" /> wind.

&#8220;Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants<n id="1" /> of our God.&#8221;

They have<n id="1" /> tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability<n id="2" /> to injure people for five months is in their tails.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> a measuring rod<n id="2" /> like a staff was given to me, and I was told,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there.