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Revelation 9:13-21 (CEV)

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¹³ Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice speak from the four corners of the gold altar that stands in the presence of God. ¹⁴ The voice spoke to this angel and said, "Release the four angels who are tied up beside the great Euphrates River." ¹⁵ The four angels had been prepared for this very hour and day and month and year. Now they were set free to kill a third of all people. ¹⁶ By listening, I could tell there were more than two hundred million of these war horses. ¹⁷ In my vision their riders wore fiery-red, dark-blue, and yellow armor on their chests. The heads of the horses looked like lions, with fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. ¹⁸ One-third of all people were killed by the three terrible troubles caused by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur. ¹⁹ The horses had powerful mouths, and their tails were like poisonous snakes that bite and hurt. ²⁰ The people who lived through these terrible troubles did not turn away from the idols they had made, and they did not stop worshiping demons. They kept on worshiping idols that were made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood. Not one of these idols co ²¹ No one stopped murdering or practicing witchcraft or being immoral or stealing.

Definition(s):
Euphrates (Eu-freh-tees): that makes fruitful