Revelation according to John
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The Book of Revelation
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3rd Trumpet

3RD TRUMPET

The trumpet referred to here was a shofar which is a rams horn that the Jews used for religious purposes and for warfare.

Star called wormwood

1/3 waters turned bitter many people died from the bitter water.


Background Reading:

Revelation 8:10-11

The Third Trumpet

10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water— 11 the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.


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Third Trumpet

Hebrews called their trumpets shofars



 

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