⁷ When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature^(A) say, “Come!” ⁸ I looked, and there before me was a pale horse!^(B) Its rider was named Death, and Hades^(C) was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.^(D)

⁹ When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under^(E) the altar^(F) the souls of those who had been slain^(G) because of the word of God^(H) and the testimony they had maintained.