7. When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come out!”
8. Then I saw a pale green horse. Its rider was named Death, and Death's Kingdom followed behind. They were given power over one fourth of the earth, and they could kill its people with swords, famines, diseases, and wild animals.
9. When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of everyone who had been killed for speaking God's message and telling about their faith.
10. They shouted, “Master, you are holy and faithful! How long will it be before you judge and punish the people of this earth who killed us?”
11. Then each of those who had been killed was given a white robe and told to rest for a little while. They had to wait until the complete number of the Lord's other servants and followers would be killed.
12. When I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, I looked and saw a great earthquake. The sun turned as dark as sackcloth, and the moon became as red as blood.
13. The stars in the sky fell to earth, just like figs shaken loose by a storm.
14. Then the sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all mountains and islands were moved from their places.
15. The kings of the earth, its famous people, and its military leaders hid in caves or behind rocks on the mountains. They hid there together with the rich and the powerful and with all the slaves and free people.
16. Then they shouted to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us! Hide us from the one who sits on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb.
17. That terrible day has come! God and the Lamb will show their anger, and who can face it?”