he throne. (4)And the smoke of the
perfumes went up with the prayers of the saints, out of the angel's
hand before God. (5)And the angel took the censer, and filled it from
the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there were
voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

(6)And the seven angels holding the seven trumpets prepared themselves
to sound.

(7)And the first angel blew the trumpet, and there were hail and fire
mingled with blood, and they were cast on the earth; and a third part
of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

(8)And the second angel sounded, and there was cast into the sea as it
were a vast mountain burning with fire: and the third part of the sea
became blood; (9)and a third part of the creatures having life, which
are in the sea, died; and a third part of the ships was destroyed.

(10)And the third angel blew the trumpet, and there fell from heaven a
great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the
rivers, and upon the fountains of water; (11)and the name of the star
is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters was turned into
wormwood, and multitudes of men died of the waters, because they were
made bitter.

(12)And the fourth angel sounded, and a third part of the sun was
smitten, and a third part of the moon, and a third part of the stars;
so that a third part of them was darkened, and the day had no light
during a third part of it, and the night likewise.

(13)And I saw and heard one angel flying in the mid-heavens, saying
with a loud voice, Wo, wo, wo, to the dwellers upon earth, because of
the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels, which are
ready to sound.

CHAP. IX.

AND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the
earth; and to him was given the key of the pit of the abyss _of hell_.
(2)And he opened the pit of the abyss; and a smoke ascended out of the
pit like the smoke of a vast furnace; and the sun and the air were
darkened by the smoke of the pit. (3)And out of the smoke came forth
locusts upon the earth; and power was given to them, such power as the
scorpions of the earth possess. (4)And it was told them, Hurt not the
grass of the earth, nor any herb, nor any tree, but only those men who
have not the seal of God in their foreheads. (5)And it was given them
in charge that they should not kill these men outright, but that they
should be tormented five months: and th