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The 8th
Chapter
And when he had opened the
seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an
hour. And I saw angels standing before God, and to them were given
seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood before the altar
having a golden censer, and much of odors was given unto him, that
he should offer of the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar,
which was before the seat. And the smoke of the odors which came of
the prayers of all saints, ascended up before God out of the Angels
hand. And the Angel took the censer and filled it with fire of the
altar and cast it into the earth, and voices were made, and
thunderings and lightnings, and earthquake.
And the seven Angels which had the seven trumpets prepared
themselves to blow. The first Angel blew, and there was made hail
and fire, which were mingled with blood, and they were cast into the
earth: and the third part of trees was burnt, and all green grass
was burnt. And the second Angel blew: and as it were a great
mountain: burning with fire was cast into the sea, and the third
part of the sea turned to blood, and the third part of the creatures
which had life, died, and the third part of ships were destroyed.
And the third Angel blew, and there fell a great star from
heaven burning as it were a lamp, and it fell into the third part of
the rivers, and into fountains of waters, and the name of the star
is called wormwood. And the third part was turned to wormwood. And
many men died of the waters because they were made bitter. And the
fourth Angel blew, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and
the third part of the moon, and the third part of stars: so that the
third part of them was darkened. And the day was smitten that the
third part of it should not shine, and likewise the night. And I
beheld and heard an Angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying
with a loud voice: Woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth because
of the voices to come of the trumpet of the three Angels which were
yet to blow.
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The 9th
Chapter
And the fifth Angel blew, and I
saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth. And to him was given the
key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and
there arose the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air
were darkened by the reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came
out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given
power as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded
them, that they should not hurt the grass of the earth: neither any
green thing: neither any tree: but only those men which have not the
seal in their foreheads. And to them was commanded that they should
not kill them, but that they should be vexed five months, and their
pain was as the pain that cometh of a scorpion, when he hath stung a
man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it,
and shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them.
And the similitude of the locusts was like unto horses
prepared unto battle, and on their heads were as it were crowns,
like unto gold: and their faces were as it had been the faces of
men. And they had hair as the hair of women. And their teeth were as
the teeth of lions. And they had habergeons, as it were habergeons
of iron. And the sound of their wings, was as the sound of chariots
when many horses run together to battle: And they had tails like
unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. And their
power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them,
which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew
tongue, is Abadon: but in the Greek tongue, Apollion. One woe is
past, and behold two woes come after this.
And the sixth Angel blew, and I heard a voice from the four
corners of the golden altar, which is before God, saying to the
sixth angel, which had the trumpet: Loose the four Angels, which are
bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four Angels were loosed
which were prepared for an hour, for a day, for a month, and for a
year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of horsemen
of war, were twenty times ten thousand. And I heard the number of
them: And thus I saw the horses in a vision, and them that sat on
them having fiery habergeons of a Jacinth colour, and brimstone, and
the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions. And out of their
mouths went forth fire and smoke and brimstone. And of these three
was the third part of men killed: that is to say, of fire, smoke,
and brimstone, which proceeded out of the mouths of them: For their
power was in their mouths and in their tails: for their tails were
like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they did hurt: And
the remnant of the men which were not killed by these plagues,
repented not of the deeds of their hands that they should not
worship devils, and images of gold, and silver, and brass, and
stone, and of wood, which neither can see, neither hear, neither go.
Also they repented not of their murder, and of their sorcery neither
of their fornication neither of their theft.
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The 10th
Chapter
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven clothed
with a cloud, and the rain bow upon his head. And his face as it
were the sun, and his feet as it were pillars of fire, and he had in
his hand a little book open: and he put his right foot upon the sea,
and his left foot on the earth. And cried with a loud voice, as when
a lion roars. And when he had cried, seven thunders spoke their
voices. And when the seven thunders had spoken their voices, I was
about to write. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, seal
up those things which the seven thunders spoke, and write them not.
And the Angel which I saw stand upon the sea, and upon the
earth, lifted up his hand to heaven and swore by him that lives for
evermore, which created heaven, and the things that therein are, and
the sea, and the things which therein are: that there should be no
longer time: but in the days of the voice of the seventh Angel, when
he shall begin to blow: even the mystery of God shall be finished as
he preached by his servants the prophets.
And the voice which I heard from heaven, spoke unto me again,
and said: go and take the little book which is open in the hand of
the angel which stands upon the sea, and upon the earth. And I went
unto the angel, and said to him: give me the little book, and he
said unto me: take it, and eat it up, and it shall make your belly
bitter, but it shall be in your mouth as sweet as honey. And I took
the little book out of his hand, and ate it up, and it was in, my
mouth as sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was
bitter. And he said unto me: you must prophesy again among the
people, and nations, and tongues, and to many kings.
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The 11th
Chapter
And then was given me a reed, like unto a rod, and it was said
unto me: Rise and meet the temple of God, and the altar, and them
that worship therein, and the choir which is within the temple, cast
out and meet it not: for it is given unto the Gentiles, and the holy
city shall they tread under foot forty two months. And I will give
power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand,
two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sack cloth. These are two
olive trees, and two candlesticks, standing before the God of the
earth.
And if any man will hurt them, fire shall proceed out of their
mouths, and consume their enemies. And if any man will hurt them
this wise must he be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that
it rain not in the days of their prophesying: and have power over
waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all manner
plagues, as often as they will.
And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that
came out of the bottomless pit, shall make war against them and
shall overcome them, and kill them. And their bodies shall lie in
the streets of the great city, which
spiritually is called Zodom (Sodom) and Eygpt, where our Lord was
crucified. And they of the people and kindreds, and tongues, and
they of the nations, shall see their bodies three days and an half,
and shall not suffer (allow) their bodies to be put in graves. And
they that dwell upon the earth, shall rejoice over them and be glad,
and shall send gifts one to another for these two Prophets vexed
them that dwelt on the earth.
And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God,
entered into them. And they stood up upon their feet: and great fear
came upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from
heaven, saying unto them. Come up hither. And they ascended up into
heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them. And the same hour was
there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and
in the earthquake were slain names of men seven thousand and the
remnant were feared, and gave glory to God of heaven. The second woe
is past, and third woe will come anon (at once, shortly).
And the seventh angel blew, and there were made great voices in
heaven, saying: the kingdoms of this world are our Lords and his
Christs, and he shall reign for evermore. And the twenty four
elders, which sit before God on their seats, fell upon their faces,
and worshipped God saying: we give you thanks Lord God almighty:
which are and wast, and are to come, for you have received your
great might, and have reigned. And the nations were angry, and your
wrath is come, and the time of the dead that they should be judged
and that you should give reward unto your servants the Prophets and
Saints, and to them that fear your name small and great and should
destroy them, which destroy the earth. And the temple of God was
opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple, the ark of his
testament: and there followed lightnings, and voices, and
thunderings and earthquake, and much hail.
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The 12th
Chapter
And there appeared a great
wonder in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under
her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. And she was
with child and cried travailing in birth, and pained ready to be
delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven, for behold a
great red dragon having seven heads, and ten horns and crowns upon
his heads: and his tail drew the third part of the stars, and cast
them to the earth.
And the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be
delivered: for to devour her child as soon as it were born. And she
brought forth a man child, which should rule all nations with a rod
of iron. And her son was taken up unto God, and to his seat. And the
woman fled into wilderness, where she had a place, prepared of God,
that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty
days.
And there was a great battle in heaven, Michael and his Angels
fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his Angels, and
prevailed not: neither was their place found any more in heaven. And
the great dragon, that old serpent called the devil and Satan was
cast out. Which deceiveth all the world. And he was cast into the
earth, and his angels were cast out also.
And I heard a loud voice saying: in heaven is now made
salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God, and the power of
his Christ. For he is cast down which accused them before God day
and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by
the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the
death. Therefore rejoice heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to
the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea: for the devil is come
down unto you which hath great wrath, because he knoweth that he
hath but a short time.
And when the dragon saw, that he was cast unto the earth, he
persecuted the woman, which brought forth the man child. And to the
woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into
the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time,
times, and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. And the
dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had been a
river, because she should have been caught of the flood. And the
earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and
swallowed, up the river, which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And
the dragon was wroth with the woman: and went and made war with the
remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have
the testimony of Jesus Christ. And I stood on the sea *stonde.
*stonde: two possible words come from
the Middle English: stound: meaning "a short time" and stonen:
meaning "stunned". stunned because of the vision.
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The 13th
Chapter
And I saw a beast rise out of the sea, having seven heads and
ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his head the name
of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw, was like a cat of the
mountain, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as
the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his seat,
and great authority: and I saw one of his heads as it were wounded
to death and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world wondered
at the beast, and they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto
the beast, and they worshipped the beast saying: who is like unto
the beast? who is able to war with him?
And there was given unto him a mouth, that spoke great things
and blasphemies, and power was given unto him, to do forty two
months. And he opened his mouth unto blasphemy against God, to
blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven.
And it was given unto him to make war with the Saints, and to over
come them. And power was given him over all kindred, tongue, and
nation: and all that dwell upon the earth worshipped him: whose
names are not written in the book of life of the lamb, which was
killed from the beginning of the world. If any man have an ear, let
him hear. He that leads into captivity, shall go into captivity: he
that kills with a sword, must be killed with a sword. Here is the
patience, and the faith of the saints.
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth, and he
had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as did the dragon. And he
did all that the first beast could do in his presence, and he caused
the earth, and them which dwell therein, to worship the first beast,
whose deadly wound was healed. And he did great wonders, so that he
made fire come down from heaven in the sight of men. And deceived
them that dwelt on the earth by the means of those signs which he
had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwelt
on the earth: that they should make an image unto the beast, which
had the wound of a sword, and did live.
And he had power to give a spirit unto the image of the beast,
and that the image of the beast should speak, and should cause that
as many as would not worship the image of the beast, should be
killed. And he made all both small and great, rich and poor, free
and bond, to receive a mark in their right hands or in their
foreheads. And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the
mark or the name of the beast, other the number of his name. Here is
wisdom. Let him that has wit count the number of the beast. For it
is the number of a man, and his number is six hundred, three score
and six.
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The 14th
Chapter
And I looked, and lo a lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with
him a hundred and forty four thousand having his fathers name
written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the
sound of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder. And I
heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps. And they sang
as it were a new song, before the seat, and before the four beasts,
and the elders, and no man could learn that song, but the hundred
and forty four thousand which were redeemed from the earth. These
are they, which were not defiled with women, for they are virgins.
These follow the lamb whithersoever he goes. These were redeemed
from men being the first fruits unto God and to the lamb, and in
their mouths was found no guile. For they are with out spot before
the throne of God.
And I saw an angel fly in the midst of heaven having an
everlasting gospel, to preach unto them that sit and dwell on the
earth, and to all nations, kindreds, and tongues and people, saying
with a loud voice: Fear God and give honour to him, for the hour of
his judgement is come: and worship him, that made heaven and earth,
and the sea, and fountains of water. And there followed another
angel, saying: Babylon is fallen is fallen that great city, for she
made all nations drink of the wine of her fornication.
And the third angel followed them saying with a loud voice: If
any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his
forehead, or on his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the
wrath of God, which is poured in the cup of his wrath. And he shall
be punished in fire and brimstone, before the holy angels, and
before the lamb.
And the smoke of their torment ascends up evermore. And they
have no rest day nor night, which worship the beast and his image
and whosoever receives the print of his name. Here is the patience
of saints. Here are they that keep the commandments and the faith of
*Jesu.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me: write: Blessed
are the dead, which here after die in the Lord, even so says the
spirit: that they may rest from their labors, but their works shall
follow them. And I looked and behold a white cloud, and upon the
cloud one sitting like unto the son of man, having on his head a
golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another Angel came
out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the
cloud. Thrust in your sickle and reap for the time is come to reap,
for the corn of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud
thrust in his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
And another Angel came out of the temple, which is in heaven,
having also a sharp sickle. And another Angel came out from the
altar, which had power over fire, and cried with a loud cry to him
that had the sharp sickle, and said: thrust in your sharp sickle,
and gather the clusters of the earth, for her grapes are ripe. And
the Angel thrust in his sickle on the earth: and cut down the grapes
of the vineyard of the earth: and cast them into the great *winefat
of the wrath of God, and the winefat was trodden without the city,
and blood came out of the *fat, even unto the horse bridles by the
space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
*Jesu: Hebrew for Jesus *winefat,
*fat; exact spelling, fat can mean from the best part of something
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The 15th
Chapter
And I saw another sign in heaven great and marvellous. Seven
Angels having the seven last plagues, for in them is fulfilled the
wrath of God. And I saw as it were a glassy sea, mingled with fire,
and them that had gotten victory of the beast, and of his image, and
of his mark, and of the number of his name, stand on the glassy sea,
having the harps of God, and they sang the song of Moses the servant
of God, and the song of the lamb, saying: Great and marvellous are
your works: Lord God almighty, just and true are your ways king of
the saints. Who shall not fear O' Lord, and glorify your name? For
you only are holy, and all gentiles shall come and worship before
you, for your judgements are made manifest.
And after that, I looked, and behold the temple of the
tabernacle of testimony was open in heaven, and the seven Angels
came out of the temple, which had the seven plagues, clothed in pure
and bright linen, and having their breasts girded with golden
girdles. And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven Angels seven
golden vials, full of the wrath of God, which lives for ever more.
And the temple was full of the smoke of the glory of God and of his
power, and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven
plagues of the seven Angels were fulfilled.
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The 16th Chapter
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven
Angels: go your ways, pour out your vials of wrath upon the earth.
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth, and
there fell a noisome and a sore botch upon the men which had the
mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. And the
second Angel shed out his vial upon the sea, and it turned as it
were into the blood of a dead man: and every living thing died in
the sea. And the third Angel shed out his vial upon the rivers and
fountains of waters, and they turned to blood. And I heard an Angel
say: Lord which are and wast, you are righteous and holy, because
you have given such judgements for they shed out the blood of
saints, and Prophets, and therefore have you given them blood to
drink: for they are worthy. And I heard another out of the altar
say: even so Lord God almighty true and righteous are your
judgements.
And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and power
was given unto him to vex men with heat of fire. And the men raged
in great heat, and spoke evil of the name of God which has power
over those plagues, and they repented not, to give him glory. And
the fifth Angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast, and
his kingdom waxed dark, and they gnawed their tongues for sorrow,
and blasphemed the God of heaven for sorrow and pain of their sores,
and repented not of their deeds.
And the sixth Angel poured out his vial upon the great river
Euphrates, and the water dried up that the ways of the kings of the
east should be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs
come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the
beast, and out of the mouth of the false Prophet. For they are the
spirits of devils working miracles, to go out unto the kings of the
earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that
great day of God almighty. Behold I come as a thief. Happy is he
that watches and keeps his garments, least he be found naked, and
men see his filthiness. And he gathered them together into a place
called in the Hebrew tongue Armagedon.
And the seventh Angel poured out his vial into the air. And
there came a voice out of heaven from the seat, saying: it is done.
And there followed voices thunderings, and lightnings, and there was
a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth,
so mighty an earthquake and so great. And the great city was divided
into the three parts, And the cities of nations fell. And great
Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of
wine of the fierceness of his wrath. Every isle fled away, and the
mountains were not found. And there fell a great hail, as it had
been talents, out of heaven upon the men, and the men blasphemed
God: because of the plague of the hail, for it was great and the
plague of it sore.
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