Revelation 8:1

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When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

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  • Rev 6:1 : 1 And I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, 'Come and see.'
  • Zech 2:13 : 13 Behold, I will wave my hand over them, and they will become plunder for their servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me.
  • Rev 6:12 : 12 And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon turned red like blood.
  • Rev 5:1 : 1 Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides, sealed with seven seals.
  • Rev 6:3 : 3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, 'Come and see.'
  • Rev 6:5 : 5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, 'Come and see.' I looked, and there was a black horse! Its rider held a pair of scales in his hand.
  • Rev 6:7 : 7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, 'Come and see.'
  • Rev 6:9 : 9 When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.
  • Job 4:16 : 16 It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form was before my eyes; silence, and then I heard a voice:
  • Hab 2:20 : 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
  • Ps 62:1 : 1 For the director of music, according to Jeduthun, a psalm of David.
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were slain, and with your blood, you purchased for God people from every tribe, language, people, and nation."
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out wicked schemes.

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    9When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.

    10They cried out with a loud voice, 'How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?'

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