1Then I sawwhen the 1Lambbrokeone of the 2sevenseals, and I heardone of the 3fourlivingcreaturessaying as with a 4voice of thunder, "Come ."
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I looked, and behold, a 5whitehorse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and 6a crown was given to him, and he went out 7conquering and to conquer.
The Second Seal--War
3When He broke the secondseal, I heard the 8secondlivingcreaturesaying, "Come ."
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And another, 9a redhorse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to 10takepeace from the earth, and that men would slayoneanother; and a greatsword was given to him.
The Third Seal--Famine
5When He broke the thirdseal, I heard the 11thirdlivingcreaturesaying, "Come ." I looked, and behold, a 12blackhorse; and he who sat on it had a 13pair of scales in his hand.
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And I heard something like a voice in the center of the 14fourlivingcreaturessaying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and threequarts of barley for a denarius; and 15do not damage the oil and the wine."
The Fourth Seal--Death
7When the Lamb broke the fourthseal, I heard the voice of the 16fourthlivingcreaturesaying, "Come ."
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I looked, and behold, an 17ashenhorse; and he who sat on it had the name18Death; and 19Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, 20to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wildbeasts of the earth.
The Fifth Seal--Martyrs
9When the Lamb broke the fifthseal, I saw21underneath the 22altar the 23souls of those who had been slain24because of the word of God, and because of the 25testimonywhich they had maintained;
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and they cried out with a loudvoice, saying, "26Howlong*, O 27Lord, 28holy and true, will You refrain from 29judging and avenging our blood on 30those who dwell on the earth?"
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And 31there was given to each of them a whiterobe; and they were told that they should 32rest for a littlewhilelonger, 33until the number of their fellowservants and their brethren who were to be killedeven as they had been, would be 34completedalso.
The Sixth Seal--Terror
12 I lookedwhen He broke the sixthseal, and there was a great35earthquake; and the 36sunbecameblack as 37sackcloth made of hair, and the wholemoonbecamelikeblood;
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and 38the stars of the skyfell to the earth, 39as a figtreecasts its unripefigs when shaken by a greatwind.
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40The sky was splitapartlike a scroll when it is rolled up, and 41everymountain and island were moved out of their places.
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Then42the kings of the earth and the greatmen and the commanders and the rich and the strong and everyslave and freemanhidthemselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;
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and they 43said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him 44who sits on the throne, and from the 45wrath of the Lamb;
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for 46the greatday of their wrath has come, and 47who is able to stand?"