The Silence in Heaven and the Seven Shofarot
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78:1 And when he had opened the seventh Chotam (seal), there was silence in shamayim about the space of half an hour.
8:2 And I saw the seven messengers which stood before Elohim (אלהים); and to them were given seven Shofarot.
8:3 And another messenger came and stood at the mitzbe'ach, having a golden makhtah; and there was given to him much ketoreth, that he should offer [it] with the tefillot of all Kedoshim upon the golden mitzbe'ach which was before the kes (throne).
8:4 And the smoke of the ketoreth, [which came] with the tefillot of the Kedoshim, ascended up before Elohim (אלהים) out of the messenger's hand.
8:5 And the messenger took the makhtah, and filled it with fire of the mitzbe'ach, and cast [it] into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
8:6 And the seven malakim (messengers) which had the seven Shofarot prepared themselves to sound.
8:7 The first messenger sounded the shofar, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8:8 And the second messenger sounded the shofar, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the yam (sea): and the third part of the yam (sea) became blood;
8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the yam (sea), and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
8:10 And the third messenger sounded the shofar, and there fell a great star from shamayim, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
8:11 And the name of the star is called La`anah (wormwood, bitterness): and the third part of the waters became La`anah ( wormwood, bitterness); and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
8:12 And the fourth messenger sounded the shofar, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
8:13 And I beheld, and heard an messenger flying through the midst of shamayim, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the shofar of the three malakim (messengers), which are yet to sound!