December 20.

REVELATION, VII.

December 20.

the earth, to kill with sword, black as sackcloth of hair, and with hunger, and with and the moon became as death, and with the beasts blood; and the stars of hea­of the earth. And when he ven fell unto the earth, even had opened the fifth seal, I as a fig tree casteth her saw under the altar the souls untimely figs, when she is of them that were slain for shaken of a mighty wind. the word of God, and for the And the heaven departed as testimony which they held: a scroll when it is rolled and they cried with a loud together; and every moun­voice, saying, How long, Otain and island were moved Lord, holy and true, dost out of their places. And the thou not judge and avenge kings of the earth, and the our blood on them that dwell great men, and the rich men, on the earth? And white and the chief captains, and robes were given unto every the mighty men, and every one of them; and it was said bondman, and every free unto them, that they should man, hid themselves in the rest yet for a little season, dens and in the rocks of the until their fellowservants al mountains; and said to the so and their brethren, that mountains and rocks, Fall on should be killed as they us, and hide us from the face were, should be fulfilled. of him that sitteth on the And I beheld when he had throne, and from the wrath opened the sixth seal, and, of the Lamb: for the great lo, there was a great earth- day of his wrath is come; and quake; and the sun became who shall be able to stand?

CHAPTER VII. December 20, Evening.

AND after these things I rael. Of the tribe of Juda

saw were

twelve on the four corners of the sand. Of the tribe of Reu­earth, holding the four winds ben were sealed twelve thou­of the earth, that the wind sand. Of the tribe of Gad should not blow on the earth, were sealed twelve thou­nor on the sea, nor on any sand. Of the tribe of Aser tree. And I saw another were sealed twelve thousand. angel ascending from the Of the tribe of Nepthalim east, having the seal of the were sealed twelve thousand. living God: and he cried Of the tribe of Manasses were with a loud voice to the four sealed twelve thousand. Of angels, to whom it was given the tribe of Simeon were to hurt the earth and the sea, sealed twelve thousand. Of saying, Hurt not the earth, the tribe of Levi were seal­neither the sea, nor the trees, ed twelve thousand. Of the till we have sealed the ser- tribe of Issachar were seal­vants of our God in their ed twelve thousand. Of the foreheads. And I heard the tribe of Zabulon were seal­number of them which were ed twelve thousand. Of the sealed: and there were seal- tribe of Joseph were seal­ed an hundred and forty ed twelve thousand. Of the and four thousand of all the tribe of Benjamin were seal­tribes of the children of Is- led twelve thousand. After