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The third trumpet: The poisonous star

10-11 Then the third angel blew his trumpet and there fell from the sky a huge star blazing like a torch. It fell upon a third of the rivers and springs of water. The name of the star is said to be Apsinthus. A third of all the waters turned into wormwood, and many people died because the waters had become so bitter.

The fourth trumpet: Light from the sky diminishes

12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third-part of the sun, a third-part of the moon and a third of the stars were struck. A third-part of the light of each of them was darkened, so that light by day and light by night were both diminished by a third-part.

The cry of pity from mid-heaven

13 Then in my vision I saw a solitary eagle flying in mid-heaven, crying in a loud voice, “Alas, alas, alas for the inhabitants of the earth for there are three more trumpet blasts which the three angels shall sound!”

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11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third(A) of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.(B)

12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third(C) of them turned dark.(D) A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.(E)

13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair(F) call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe(G) to the inhabitants of the earth,(H) because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is a bitter substance.