1I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say, with a voice like thunder, "Come and see."
2I looked, and there was a white horse. The one who sat on it had a bow. He was given a crown, and he went out conquering, and to conquer.
3When he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come and see."
4Then another horse went out, a red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth, so that people would kill one another. And he was given a great sword.
5When he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come and see." I looked, and there was a black horse. The one who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
6And I heard a voice from among the four living creatures say, "A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny. And do not harm the oil and the wine."
7When he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come and see."
8I looked, and there was a pale horse. The name of the one who sat on it was Death, and Hell followed with him. They were given power over a fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword, and with hunger, and with death, and by the wild animals of the earth.
9When he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the word of God, and for the testimony they held.
10They cried out with a loud voice, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood on them?"
11White robes were given to each of them. And they were told to rest a little longer, until the full number was complete of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters, who would be killed as they had been.
12I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like rough haircloth, and the moon became like blood.
13The stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when a strong wind shakes it.
14The sky went away like a scroll being rolled up. Every mountain and island was moved out of its place.
15Then the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every slave, and every free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
16They said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the one 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?"