Revelation 8:5

So the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and flung it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder, and voices, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4And the smoke of the incense rose into the presence of God from the angel's hand, and mingled with the prayers of His people.

6Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made preparations for blowing them.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:7For nation will rise in arms against nation, kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places;

Matthew Henry on Revelation 8:2-7

The Seven Trumpets. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half a hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 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. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the… Read the whole commentary →

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