And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.
Wormwood is a bitter plant that can paralyze or kill.
The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way. After many nuclear explosions the atmosphere fills with dust and debris blocking the light from filtering through. Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.