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And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, |
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And I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, |
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Come and see. |
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And I saw, and behold a white horse: |
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And he that sat on him had a bow; |
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And a crown was given unto him: |
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And he went forth conquering, and to conquer. |
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And there went out another horse that was red: |
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And power was given unto him that sat thereon |
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To take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: |
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And there was given unto him a great sword. |
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And I beheld, and lo a black horse; |
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And he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. |
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And I looked, and behold a pale horse: |
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And his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. |
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And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, |
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To kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. |
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And I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, |
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And for the testimony which they held: |
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And they cried with a loud voice, saying, |
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How long, O Lord, holy and true, |
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Dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? |
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And white robes were given unto every one of them; |
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And it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, |
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Until their fellowservants also and their brethren, |
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That should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. |
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And, lo, there was a great earthquake; |
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And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, |
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And the moon became as blood; |
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And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; |
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And every mountain and island were moved out of their places. |
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And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, |
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And the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, |
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Hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; |
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And said to the mountains and rocks, |
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Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, |
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And from the wrath of the Lamb: |
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For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? |
