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Revelation 6 (New American Standard Bible)
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Jan 11, 2009 - 5:33:49 PM
1 Then I saw when the Lamb
broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living
creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come."
2 I
looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and
a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
The Second Seal--War
3 When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come."
4 And
another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was
granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one
another; and a great sword was given to him.
The Third Seal--Famine
5 When
He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying,
"Come " I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a
pair of scales in his hand.
6 And
I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living
creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of
barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine."
The Fourth Seal--Death
7 When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come."
8 I
looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name
Death; and Hades was following with him Authority was given to them
over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with
pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
The Fifth Seal--Martyrs
9 When
the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of
those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the
testimony which they had maintained;
10 and
they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and
true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who
dwell on the earth?"
11 And
there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that
they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their
fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they
had been, would be completed also.
The Sixth Seal--Terror
12 I
looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon
became like blood;
13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.
14 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 Then
the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the
rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the
caves and among the rocks of the mountains;
16 and
they said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us
from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of
the Lamb;
17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?"
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