 1 When the Lamb opened one of the seals, I saw and heard, as though it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying: Come and see. 2 Then I looked and behold I saw a white horse and He who sat upon it had a bow. A crown was given to Him and He went forth conquering and to conquer. 3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say: Come and see. 4 Then another horse that was red went out. Power was given to the one who sat upon it to take peace from the Earth so that people would kill one another. A great sword was given to him. 5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say: Come and see. And I observed+ and saw+ a black horse and the one who sat upon it had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 Then I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say: A measure of wheat for a penny and three measures of barley for a penny. See that you do not hurt the oil and the wine. 7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say: Come and see. 8 I looked and behold I saw a pale horse and his name who sat upon it was Death, and Hell followed with him. Power was given to them over a fourth of the Earth, to kill with sword and with hunger and with death and with the beasts of the Earth. 9 When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the Word of God and for the testimony that they held. 10 They cried out with a loud voice saying: How long, O Lord, holy and true, will you not judge and avenge our blood upon those who live on the Earth? 11 White robes were given to everyone of them and it was said to them that they should rest for yet a little season longer until their fellow servants and their family+ who would also be killed as they had been, should be fulfilled. 12 When the Lamb opened the sixth seal, I looked+ and behold there was a great Earthquake. The Sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair and the Moon became the color of blood. 13 The stars of Heaven fell to the Earth like a fig tree casts off untimely figs when shaken by a mighty wind. 14 The heavens disappeared+ like writing on a scroll when it is rolled together. All the mountains and islands were moved out of their places. 15 All the kings of the Earth and all the great men and rich men and chief captains and mighty men and every servant+ and free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains. 16 They all said to the mountains and rocks: Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. 17 For the great day of His wrath has come and who shall be able to stand?
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