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And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives for ever and ever,

the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever; they cast their crowns before the throne, singing,

"Worthy art thou, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for thou didst create all things, and by thy will they existed and were created."

and they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the scroll and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and by thy blood didst ransom men for God from every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all therein, saying, "To him who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might for ever and ever!"

and I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm oil and wine!"

When he 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 witness they had borne;

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand before it?"

saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God for ever and ever! Amen."

For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

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

they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man.

In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,

They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails.

So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of mankind.

For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, with heads, and by means of them they wound.

and swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there should be no more delay,

but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months.

And I will grant my two witnesses power to prophesy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."

For three days and a half men from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations gaze at their dead bodies and refuse to let them be placed in a tomb,