saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east.
So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
When you finish reading this book, tie a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,
David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.
And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.
Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
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