Revelation 6

1 And I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come!” 2 And I looked and look! A white horse! And he who sat on it had a bow. And a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.

3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!” 4 And another horse came out, fire-red. And it was given to him who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that they would butcher one another. And a large sword was given to him.

5 And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” And look! A black horse! And he who sat on it had a balance in his hand. 6 I heard a voice in between the four living creatures saying, “A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! But don’t damage the oil and the wine!”

7 And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, “Come!” 8 And I looked and look! A sickly-green horse! And the one who sat on it, his name is Death, and the grave follows with him. And authority was given to him over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild animals of the earth.

9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. 10 They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”> 11 A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood. 13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind. 14 The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains. 16 They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?”