Revelation chapter 6: 1 to 8 - 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'
1 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one
of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!"
2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and
he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say,
"Come!"
4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to
take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given
a large sword.
5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say,
"Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider
was holding a pair of scales in his hand.
6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying,
"A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's
wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!"
7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living
creature say, "Come!"
8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death,
and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth
of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of
the earth.