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15 So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of humankind. 16 The number of the troops of cavalry was two hundred million; I heard their number. 17 And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the riders wore breastplates the colour of fire and of sapphire[a] and of sulphur; the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulphur came out of their mouths.

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  1. Revelation 9:17 Gk hyacinth

15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released(A) to kill a third(B) of mankind.(C) 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.(D)

17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths(E) came fire, smoke and sulfur.(F)

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