and in the midst of the lampstands was one <i>like a son of mani>.<n id="1" /> He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt<n id="2" /> around his chest.

His feet were like polished bronze<n id="1" /> refined<n id="2" /> in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar<n id="3" /> of many waters.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when the Lamb<n id="2" /> opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

<p class="bodytext">After<n id="1" /> these things I looked, and the temple (the tent<n id="2" /> of the testimony)<n id="3" /> was opened in heaven,

<p class="poetry">The<n id="1" /> blood of the saints and prophets was found in her,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">along with the blood<n id="3" /> of all those who had been killed on the earth.&#8221;p>

The<n id="1" /> armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen,<n id="2" /> were following him on white horses.

So<n id="1" /> I looked<n id="2" /> and here came<n id="3" /> a pale green<n id="4" /> horse! The<n id="5" /> name of the one who rode it<n id="6" /> was Death, and Hades followed right behind.<n id="7" /> They<n id="8" /> were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword,<n id="9" /> famine, and disease,<n id="10" /> and by the wild animals of the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">Even the light from a lampp> <p class="poetry">will never shine in you again!p> <p class="poetry">The voices of the bridegroom and his bridep> <p class="poetry">will never be heard in you again.p> <p class="poetry">For your merchants were the tycoons of the world,p> <p class="poetry">because all the nations<n id="1" /> were deceived by your magic spells!<n id="2" />p>

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>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;To<n id="1" /> the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following:<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is the solemn pronouncement of<n id="3" /> the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but<n id="4" /> came to life:

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;To<n id="1" /> the angel of the church in Pergamum write the following:<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is the solemn pronouncement of<n id="3" /> the one who has the sharp double-edged sword:<n id="4" />

Therefore,<n id="1" /> repent! If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people<n id="2" /> with the sword of my mouth.

<p class="poetry"><b><i>hei>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>will rulei>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>them with an iron rodi>b><n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and like clay jars he will break them to pieces,<n id="4" />p>

and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal.<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">In<n id="2" /> the middle of the throne<n id="3" /> and around the throne were four living creatures<n id="4" /> full of eyes in front and in back.

And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: &#8220;Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?&#8221;

But<n id="1" /> no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.

and a third of the creatures<n id="1" /> living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed.<n id="2" />p>

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.

They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is <i>Abaddoni>, and in Greek, <i>Apollyoni>.<n id="1" />p>