Rev_8:6. The half-hour silence in heaven is now at an end; after the fire, whose meaning also becomes manifest by the threatening signs immediately following (Rev_8:5), has been cast upon the earth, the seven angels (Rev_8:2) prepare to sound their trumpets.
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. This includes the grasping of the trumpets in such a way that they could bring them to their mouths.[2457]