CHAPTER 8 :1 And when he had opened the seventh seal , there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour . :2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God ; and to them were given seven trumpets . :3 And another angel came and stood at the altar , having a golden censer ; and there was given unto him much incense , that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne . :4 And the smoke of the incense , [which came] with the prayers of the saints , ascended up before God out of the angel's hand . :5 And the angel took the censer , and filled it with fire of the altar , and cast [it] into the earth : and there were voices , and thunderings , and lightnings , and an earthquake . :6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound . :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 of 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 fire was cast into the sea : and the third part of the sea became blood ; :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 ; :11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood : and the third part of the waters became wormwood ; and many men died of the waters , because they were made bitter . :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 ! ~~~~~~