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11 The name of the star is called “Wormwood.” One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

12 The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn’t shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way. 13 I saw, and I heard an eagle,[a] flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!”

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  1. 8:13 TR reads “angel” instead of “eagle”

11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third(A) of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.(B)

12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third(C) of them turned dark.(D) A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.(E)

13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair(F) call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe(G) to the inhabitants of the earth,(H) because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is a bitter substance.