The secondangelsounded,and [something] likea greatmountainburningwith firewas throwninto the sea;and a thirdof the seabecameblood,
"Behold,I am againstyou, O destroyingmountain,Who destroysthe wholeearth,"declaresthe LORD,"And I will stretchout My handagainstyou, And rollyou downfrom the crags,And I will makeyou a burntout mountain.
"But ifthe prophetis prevailedupon to speaka word,it is I, the LORD,who have prevailedupon that prophet,and I will stretchout My handagainsthim and destroyhim from amongMy peopleIsrael.
Thusthe LordGODshowedme, and behold,the LordGODwas callingto contend[with them] by fire,and it consumedthe greatdeepand began to consumethe farmland.
"It will comeabout in allthe land,"Declaresthe LORD,"That twopartsin it will be cutoff[and] perish;But the thirdwill be leftin it.
"And I will bringthe thirdpartthrough the fire,Refinethem as silveris refined,And testthem as goldis tested.They will callon My name,And I will answerthem; I will say,They are My people,'And they will say,'The LORDis my God.'"
"TrulyI sayto you, whoeversaysto thismountain,'Be takenup and castinto the sea,'and does not doubtin his heart,but believesthat whathe saysis going to happen,it will be [granted] him.
Thesehavethe powerto shutup the sky,sothat rainwill not fallduring the daysof their prophesying;and they havepoweroverthe watersto turnthem into blood,and to strikethe earthwith everyplague,as oftenas they desire.
And his tailswept awaya thirdof the starsof heavenand threwthem to the earth.And the dragonstoodbeforethe womanwho was aboutto givebirth,sothat whenshe gave birthhe might devourher child.
The firstsounded,and there camehailand fire,mixedwith blood,and they were thrownto the earth;and a thirdof the earthwas burnedup, and a thirdof the treeswere burnedup, and allthe greengrasswas burnedup.
And the fourangels,who had been preparedfor the hourand dayand monthand year,were released,sothat they would killa thirdof mankind.
A thirdof mankindwas killedby thesethreeplagues,by the fireand the smokeand the brimstonewhich proceededout of their mouths.
