1Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”[ † ]Isaiah 53:7John 1:29Revelation 5:5-7, 12Revelation 13:8Revelation 4:7
2So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.[ † ]Zechariah 1:8Zechariah 6:3Psalms 45:4-5, LXXZechariah 6:11Revelation 9:7Revelation 14:14Revelation 19:12Matthew 24:5Revelation 3:21
3And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”[ † ]Revelation 4:7
4Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.[ † ]Zechariah 1:8Zechariah 6:2Matthew 24:6-7
5And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.[ † ]Revelation 4:7Zechariah 6:2-6Matthew 24:7 6And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”[ † ]Revelation 7:3Revelation 9:4
7And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”[ † ]Revelation 4:7
8Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.[ † ]Zechariah 6:3Jeremiah 14:12Jeremiah 15:2Jeremiah 24:10Jeremiah 29:17Ezekiel 5:12-17Ezekiel 14:21Ezekiel 29:5Matthew 24:9Leviticus 26:22
9And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.[ † ]Revelation 8:3Revelation 20:4Revelation 1:2-92 Timothy 1:8 10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”[ † ]Psalms 13:1-6Zechariah 1:12Revelation 3:7Revelation 11:18
11Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.[ † ]Revelation 3:4-5Revelation 7:9Hebrews 11:40
12And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,[ † ]Matthew 24:7Revelation 8:5Revelation 11:13Revelation 16:18Isaiah 13:10Joel 2:10-31Joel 3:15Matthew 24:29Mark 13:24 13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.[ † ]Matthew 24:29Mark 13:25Revelation 8:10Revelation 9:1 14The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.[ † ]Psalms 102:26Isaiah 34:42 Peter 3:10Revelation 20:11Revelation 21:1Jeremiah 3:23Revelation 16:20
15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.[ † ]Psalms 2:2-4Isaiah 2:10-19, 21Isaiah 24:21Revelation 19:18 16And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.[ † ]Hosea 10:8Luke 23:29-30Revelation 9:6Revelation 20:11 17For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”[ † ]Isaiah 63:4Jeremiah 30:7Joel 1:15Joel 2:1-11, 31Zephaniah 1:14Revelation 16:14