Revelation 8:9

World English Bible (2000)

and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were destroyed.

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  • Isa 2:16 : 16 For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.
  • Rev 8:7 : 7 The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. One third of the earth was burnt up, and one third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
  • Rev 8:10 : 10 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the springs of the waters.
  • Rev 8:12 : 12 The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.
  • Zech 13:8 : 8 It shall happen that in all the land," says Yahweh, "two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
  • Rev 16:3 : 3 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.
  • Isa 23:1 : 1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
  • Exod 7:21 : 21 The fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians couldn't drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Ps 48:7 : 7 With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.

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    7The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. One third of the earth was burnt up, and one third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

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  • Rev 8:10-13
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    13I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!"

  • Rev 16:3-4
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