1
When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
2
Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
3
And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer; and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne;
4
and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God.
5
Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth; and there were peals of thunder, voices, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
6
Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.