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Revelation 8:5

Judgment

3 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

4 And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.

Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

6 And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.

7 Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.

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BSB
Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
KJV
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.
WEB
The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, then threw it on the earth. Thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake followed.
ASV
And the angel taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
DARBY
And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast [it] on the earth: and there were voices, and thunders and lightnings, and an earthquake.
BLB
And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast [it] to the earth; and there were thunders, and voices, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
ÅB
Og engelen tok røkelsekaret og fylte det med ild fra alteret og kastet det på jorden; og det kom tordener og røster og lyn og jordskjelv.
OTB
Så tok engelen røkelseskaret, fylte det med ild fra alteret og kastet det på jorden; og det kom tordenbrak, drønn, lyn og et jordskjelv.
B1930
Og engelen tok røkelsekaret og fylte det med ild fra alteret og kastet det på jorden; og det kom tordener og røster og lyn og jordskjelv.

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  • Revelation 11:19

    Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

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  • Revelation 4:5

    From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.

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  • Isaiah 29:6

    you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.

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  • Acts 16:26

    Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.

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  • Ezekiel 10:2–7

    And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.

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  • Leviticus 16:12

    Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

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  • Psalms 18:13

    The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.

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  • 2 Samuel 22:7–9

    In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

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