CHAPTER 6
Then
I watched
as
the
Lamb
opened
one
of
the
seven
seals,
and
I heard
one
of
the
four
living creatures
say
in
a thunderous
voice,
"Come!"
So
I looked
and
saw
a white
horse,
and
its rider
had
a bow.
And
he
was given
a crown,
and
he rode out
to overcome
and
conquer.
Then
another
horse
went forth.
It was bright red,
and
its rider
was granted permission
to take
peace
from
the
earth
and
to make men slay
one another.
And
he
was given
a great
sword.
And
when
the Lamb opened
the
third
seal,
I heard
the
third
living creature
say,
“Come!”
Then
I looked
and
saw
a black
horse,
and
its rider
held
in
his
hand
a pair of scales.
And
I heard
what sounded like
a voice
from among
the
four
living creatures,
saying,
“A quart
of wheat
for a denarius,
and
three
quarts
of barley
for a denarius,
and
do not waste
the
oil
and
wine."
And
when
the Lamb opened
the
fourth
seal,
I heard
the voice
of the
fourth
living creature
say,
“Come!”
Then
I looked
and
saw
a pale
horse.
Its rider’s
name
was Death,
and
Hades
followed
close behind.
And
they
were given
authority
over
a fourth
of the
earth,
to kill
by
sword,
by
famine,
by
plague,
and
by the
beasts
of the
earth.
And
when
the Lamb 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
testimony
they had upheld.
And
they cried out
in a loud voice,
“How long,
O
Lord,
holy
and
true,
until
You judge
those who
live
on
the
earth
and
avenge
our
blood?”
Then
each
of them
was given
a white
robe
and
told
to
rest
a little
while
longer,
until
the full number
of their
fellow servants,
their
brothers,
were
killed,
just as
they
had been killed.
And
when
I saw
the Lamb open
the
sixth
seal,
there was
a great
earthquake,
and
the
sun
became
black
like
sackcloth
of goat hair,
and
the
whole
moon
turned
blood red,
and
the
stars
of
the sky
fell
to
the
earth,
like
unripe figs
dropping from
a tree
shaken
by
a great
wind.
The
sky
receded
like
a scroll
being rolled up,
and
every
mountain
and
island
was moved
from
its
place.
Then
the
kings
of the
earth,
the
nobles,
the
commanders,
the
rich,
the
mighty,
and
every
slave
and
free man,
hid
in
the
caves
and
among
the
rocks
of the
mountains.
And
they said
to the
mountains
and
the
rocks,
“Fall
on
us
and
hide
us
from
the face
of the One
seated
on
the
throne,
and
from
the
wrath
of the
Lamb.