8 ^aSo I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, ^bto kill with sword, with hunger, with death, ^cand by the beasts of the earth.  ‡

9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under ^athe altar ^bthe souls of those who had been slain ^cfor the word of God and for ^dthe testimony which they held.  ‡

12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, ^aand behold, there was a great earthquake; and ^bthe sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the² moon became like blood.  ‡

13 ^aAnd the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.  ‡