Revelation 9:15

World English Bible (2000)

The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.

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  • 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 9:18 : 18 By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
  • Rev 8:9 : 9 and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were destroyed.
  • Rev 8:11-12 : 11 The name of the star is called "Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter. 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.
  • Rev 9:5 : 5 They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.
  • Rev 9:10 : 10 They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.

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  • Rev 9:12-14
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    12The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.

    13The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,

    14saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!"

  • Rev 9:16-19
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    16The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.

    17Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.

    18By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.

    19For the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads, and with them they harm.

  • Rev 8:12-13
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    12The 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.

    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 9:3-5
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    3Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

    4They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don't have God's seal on their foreheads.

    5They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.

  • Rev 8:6-10
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    6The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

    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.

    8The second angel sounded, and something like a great burning mountain was thrown into the sea. One third of the sea became blood,

    9and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were destroyed.

    10The 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 9:9-10
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    9They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war.

    10They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.

  • Rev 7:1-3
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    1After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

    2I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

    3saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!"

  • Rev 14:9
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    9Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,

  • Rev 6:7-9
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    7When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"

    8And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

    9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

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    1I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God's wrath is finished.

  • Rev 9:1
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    1The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.

  • Rev 15:7
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    7One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

  • Rev 16:8
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    8The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire.

  • Rev 14:18-19
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    18Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth's grapes are fully ripe!"

    19The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

  • Rev 14:15
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    15Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!"

  • Rev 20:9
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    9They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.

  • Rev 8:2
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    2I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

  • Rev 16:4
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    4The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.

  • Rev 16:12
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    12The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.

  • Rev 19:19
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  • Rev 11:18
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    18The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

  • Rev 19:21
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    21The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came forth out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.

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  • Rev 11:11
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    11After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.

  • Rev 11:13-14
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    13In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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