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
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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? |