^{9 Ref} And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.

^{10 Ref} And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?

^{11 Ref} And there was given to every one a white robe, and they were ordered to take their rest for a little time, till the number was complete of the other servants, their brothers, who would be put to death, even as they had been.

^{12 Ref} And I saw when the sixth stamp was undone, and there was a great earth-shock; and the sun became black as haircloth, and all the moon became as blood;

^{13 Ref} And the stars of heaven were falling to the earth, like green fruit from a tree before the force of a great wind.

^{14 Ref} And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.

^{15 Ref} And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

^{16 Ref} And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

^{17 Ref} For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?