13

And at the sounding of the sixth angel a voice came to my ears from the horns of the gold altar which is before God,

14

Saying to the sixth angel who had the horn, Make free the four angels who are chained at the great river Euphrates.

15

And the four angels were made free, who were ready for the hour and day and month and year, that they might put to death a third part of men.

16

And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: the number of them came to my ears.

17

And so I saw the horses in the vision, and those who were seated on them, having breastplates of fire and glass and of burning stone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and a smell of burning.

18

By these evils a third part of men was put to death, by the fire, and the smoke, and the burning smell which came out of their mouths.

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For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails: because their tails are like snakes, and have heads, and with them they give wounds.

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And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:

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And they had no regret for putting men to death, or for their use of secret arts, or for the evil desires of the flesh, or for taking the property of others.