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6:3 When he opened the second seal,
I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
6:4 Another came forth, a red horse.
To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth,
and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great
sword.
6:5 When he opened the third seal,
I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!"
And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his
hand.
6:6 I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying,
"A
choenix {A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a
litre (a little more than a quart).} of wheat for a denarius, and three
choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't damage the oil and the wine!"
6:7 When he opened the fourth seal,
I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"
6:8 And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death.
Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill
with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the
earth was given to him.
6:9 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.
6:10 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?"
6:11 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.
6:12 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.
6:13 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.
6:14 The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up.
Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
6:15 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.
6:16 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,
6:17 for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to
stand?"
"In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth."Zec 6:2-5