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And when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in the heavens for about half an hour.
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And I saw the seven messengers who stand before Elohim, and seven shofarot were given to them.
3
And another messenger came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and much incense was given to him so that he might offer it with the prayers of all the set-apart ones upon the golden altar before the throne.
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And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the set-apart ones, ascended before Elohim from the hand of the messenger.
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And the messenger took the censer, filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth; and there were thunders, voices, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
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And the seven messengers having the seven shofarot prepared themselves to sound.
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And the first sounded, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was cast upon the earth; and a third of the earth was burned, and a third of the trees was burned, and all green grass was burned.
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And the second messenger sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
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And a third of the living beings in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
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And the third messenger sounded, and a great star fell from the heavens, burning like a torch, and it fell upon a third of the rivers and upon the springs of waters.
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And the name of the star is Wormwood. And a third of the waters became wormwood, and many of Adam died from the waters because they were made bitter.
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And the fourth messenger sounded, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them might be darkened and the day might not shine for a third of it, and likewise the night.
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And I saw, and I heard an eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying with a great voice, "Woe, woe, woe to those dwelling upon the earth because of the remaining sounds of the shofarot of the three messengers who are about to sound."