8:1. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

                When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour:

Daniel 12:4, 9.                                                                         

8:2. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

                Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them:

Exod. 19:16-19; 20:22;

Num. 10:1-10; Trumpet to (1) call assembly; (2) gather the princes and heads; (3) alarm for marching; (4) alarm for war; (5) celebration of new month; (6) for a memorial. Deut. 4:33, 36; 5:22-33;

Voice of God; Isaiah 27:13; to gather the exiles;

Jer. 51:27; mustering the nations to battle against Babylon;

Joel 1:14 (A fast, as solemn assembly”) 2:1, 15-16; 3:16.

“Day of the Lord”

Matt. 24:31; to gather the elect;

1 Cor. 15:52; to call forth the dead;

1 Thess. 4:16; to herald Jesus’ descent from heaven.

8:3. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

                And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer:  And he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints:

Psalm 141:2; prayers = incense.                                          

Revelation 5:8.

                Upon the golden altar before the throne:

Exod. 30:1-3;- altar of incense;

Lev. 16:12-13;

Isaiah 6:6;

Ezek. 41:22;

Heb. 13:10; altar of Grace.

8:4. And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.

                And the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God:

Heb. 13:15;

8:5. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast [it] into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

                Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth:

Lev. 16:12-13;

Ezek. 10:2-7;

Heb. 12:18-29.

“Fire”

Revelation 8:5-8; 9:17; 11:5; 14:18; 16:8; 18:8; 20:9, 10, 14; 21:8.

                        And there were peals of thunder, voices, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake:

Jer. 23:19; 51:16;

Hag. 2:21;

Revelation 6:12.

8:6. And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

                Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them:

8:7. The first angel sounded, 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.

                The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mixed with blood which fell on the earth:  Hail:

Exod. 9:18-29; 19:16-19;

Joshua 10:11;

Psalm 11:6;

Isaiah 9:5, 18, 19; 10:16,17; 28:2, 17; 30:27-33;  31:9; 32:19; 33:11-14; 34:9-10;

Jer. 5:17;

Ezek. 13:11, 13; 38:22.Micah 1:4;

Hag. 2:17;

Revelation 11:19; 16:21;

(Plagues: Hab. 3:5; Revelation 8:7-9:20.)

                And a third of the earth was burnt up, and a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up:  (Trees see 7:1.)

Deut. 28:23-4; 29:23;

Hosea 1:12;

Zech. 13:8 (“third part”);

1 Peter 1:24-25 (“grass”);

Revelation 9:4;

8:8. And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

                The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea:  (For “Sea” see 5:13)

Deut. 32:22;

Jer. 51:25.

8:9. And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

                And a third of the sea became blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed:

Revelation 16:3;

8:10.  And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

                The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch:

Isaiah 14:12;

Jude 13;

Revelation 6:13; 9:1;

                And it fell on a third of the rivers and on the fountains of water:

Revelation 16:4;                                                                     

8:11. And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

                The name of the star is Wormwood.  A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died of the water, because it was bitter:

(Wormwood = Judgments, Amos 5:7, et seq. and Ezek. 14:21;

 Wormwood = Gall, Matt. 27:34; Luke 21:11.)

Jer. 8:14; 9:15; 14:12-18; 15:1-3; 16:4; 21:6-10; 23:15; 24:10; 29:17-18; 34:17; 38:2; 42:16-17, 22; 44:12-13, 27;

Lam. 3:15, 19;

Ezek. 5:12-17; 6:11-12; 7:15; 14:15-21;

Hosea 10:4;

Amos 5:7; 6:12;

8:12. 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; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

                The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened; a third of the day was kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night:

Exod. 10:21;

Psalm 72:5-7; 89:36-7; 

Jer. 4:23, 28; 15:9 (desolation of widowhood); 15:9; 31:35; 33:20 (Covenant with day & night annulled);

Ezek. 7:26-7; 32:7-8;

Daniel 12:3;

Hosea 4:5-6;

Joel 2:2, 10, 31; 3:15-16;

Amos 8:9;

Micah 3:5-7;

Matt. 24:29;

Luke 21:25-27; 23:44-45;

Revelation 6:12-13; 12:4.

 (Righteous as Stars: See Angels 1:20:

 Angels=Stars)

Daniel 12:3;Note: Satan fell and carried a third of the angels with him, but the righteous continue to shine as two-thirds of the day and night. 

8:13. And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

                Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice, as it flew in midheaven:

Revelation 14:6; 19:17;                                                          

                ‘Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth at the blasts of the other trumpets which the three angels are about to blow!

Isaiah 5:8, 11, 18, 20, 21;