I looked, and behold, [a]an (A)ashen horse; and the one who sat on it had the name (B)Death, and (C)Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, (D)to kill with sword, and famine, and [b]plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

The Fifth Seal: Martyrs

When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw (E)underneath the (F)altar the (G)souls of those who had been killed (H)because of the word of God, and because of the (I)testimony which they had maintained; 10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “(J)How long, O [c](K)Lord, (L)holy and true, [d]will You refrain from (M)judging and avenging our blood on (N)those who live on the earth?”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:8 Or a sickly pale green
  2. Revelation 6:8 Lit death; i.e., a particular kind of death
  3. Revelation 6:10 Or Master
  4. Revelation 6:10 Lit do You not judge and avenge

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