When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, *Come and see!* And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.
Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Yerushalayim: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.
The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went forth toward the south country.*
One of the elders said to me, *Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Yehudah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals.*
They sang a new song, saying, *You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,