Luther Bible 1545 (English)
Lord, thou knowest. And he said unto me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple. And he that sitteth upon the throne shall dwell over them.
She shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun fall upon her, nor any
heat.
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto the fountains of living waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
(Revelation)
Chapter 8
The third vision and opening of the seventh seal. The first, second, third and fourth trumpets.
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
And I saw seven angels which stood before God, and seven trumpets were given unto them.
And another angel came and stood by the altar, having a golden censer: and there was given unto him much incense, to offer for the prayer of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
And the smoke of the incense of the prayer of the saints went up from the hand of the angel before GOD.
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire from the altar, and poured it upon the earth. And there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and earthquakes.
And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
And the first angel sounded. And there was hail and fire mingled with blood, and it fell upon the earth. And the third part of the trees was burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
And the other angel sounded. And it went down like a great mountain burning with fire into the sea. And the third part of the sea became blood,
And the third part of the living creatures of the sea died, and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
And the third angel sounded. And there fell a great star from heaven; and it burned as a torch, and fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters.
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part was called Wormwood.
And many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
And the fourth angel sounded. And the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars: and the third part of them was darkened, and the day the third part shone not, and the night the same.
And I saw and heard an angel fly in the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice: Woe, woe, woe to them that dwell on the earth, before the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels which are yet to sound!
(Revelation)
Chapter 9
The fifth and sixth trombones.
And the fifth angel sounded. And I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth; and there was given unto him the key of the bottomless pit.
And he opened the bottomless pit. And there arose a smoke out of the well, as the smoke of a great furnace: and the sun was darkened, and the air with the smoke of the well.
And out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth. And power was given unto them, as the scorpions have power upon the earth.
And it was said unto them, that they should not offend the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree; but only men, which have not the seal of God upon their foreheads.
And it was given them not to kill, but to torment for five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it smote a man.
And in those days men shall seek death, and shall not find it: they shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
And the locusts are like unto horses ready for war; and upon their heads like crowns of gold, and their faces like the faces of men.
And they had hair like the hair of a woman, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
And had armour like unto armour of iron; and the rattle of their wings like unto the rattle of the chariots of many horses that run to war.
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were thorns in their tails: and their power
was to offend men five months.
And they had over them a king, an angel out of the bottomless pit, whose name is Abaddon in the ibraean language, and in the greek language his name is Apollyon.
One woe is past; behold, there come two woes after.
And the sixth angel sounded. And I heard a voice from the four corners of the golden altar before God,
Which said unto the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound at the great river Euphrates.
And the four angels were loosed, prepared for an hour, and for a day, and for a month, and for a year, to slay the third part of men.
And the number of the brave men was many thousand times a thousand: and I heard the number of them.
And so I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of yellow, and of brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouth proceeded fire, and smoke, and brimstone.
Of these three the third part of men was killed by fire, and by smoke, and by brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.
For their power was in their mouth, and their tails were like unto serpents, and they had heads, and with the same they did hurt.
And there remained yet men that were not slain of these plagues, neither Repenting of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk, 21. Neither repented they of their murders, and of their sorceries, and of their fornications, and of their thievery.
(Revelation)
Chapter 10
John is devouring a book.
And I saw another strong angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow upon his head, and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire.
And he had a little book opened in his hand; and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot upon the earth.
And he cried with a loud voice, as a lion roareth: and as he cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
And when the seven thunders had spoken their voices, I would have written them. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up the things which the seven thunders have spoken: write them not.
And the angel which I saw standing on the sea and on the earth lifted up his hand to heaven.
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, which created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things that therein are, that there should be no more time,
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall sound, the mystery of God shall be finished, as he hath declared to his servants and prophets.
And again I heard a voice from heaven speaking unto me, saying, Go, take the open book of the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take thee up, and swallow it: and it shall be bitter in thy belly, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey;
And I took the little book from the angel’s hand, and swallowed it: and it was sweet in my mouth as honey: and when I had eaten it, it grieved me in my belly.
And he said unto me, Prophesy again unto the nations, and to the Gentiles, and to the tongues, and to many kings.
Ch. 11, v. 1: And there was given me a reed like unto a rod, saying, Arise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
But the inner choir of the temple cast out, and miss it not: for it is given unto the heathen: and they shall tread down the holy city forty and two months.
(Revelation)
Chapter 11
Of two witnesses, their office and condition.
And I will give my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed with sackcloth.
These are two olive trees, and two torches, standing before the God of the earth.
And if any man offend them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man offend them, he shall be put to death.
These have power to shut up the heavens, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy; and have power over the waters to walk in blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that cometh up out of the bottomless pit shall make war with them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom, and Egypt, where our Lord is crucified.
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