^1. THEN I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, �Come [1] .�

^2. I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

^3. When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, �Come [2] .�

^4. And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him.

^5. When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, �Come [3] .� I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.

^6. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, �A [7] quart of wheat for a [6] denarius, and three [5] quarts of barley for a [4] denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.�

^7. When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, �Come [8] .�

^8. I looked, and behold, an [10] ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with [9] pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. The Fifth Seal -- Martyrs

^9. When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained;

^10. and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, � How long, O [12] Lord, holy and true, [11] will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?�

^11. And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also.

^12. I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;

^13. and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

^14. The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

^15. Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the [13] commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

^16. and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, �Fall on us and hide us from the [14] presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;

^17. for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?�