ISB ~ Revelation 8 v7 - 11

The seven trumpets blast the earth with sevenfold judgment. The second of three cycles of chastisement in Revelation, the trumpets wreak havoc more severe than the seven seals (6:1-8:5) but less severe than the following seven bowls (16:1-21). See note on Rev 6:1-8:5.

• The first four trumpets, which devastate a third of the land, sea, freshwater, and sky, are modeled on the Exodus plagues that ravaged Egypt:recall the fiery hail (8:7, seventh plague, Ex 9:23-25), the sea made blood (8:9, first plague, Ex 7:20-21), the darkened sky (8:12, ninth plague, Ex 10:21-23), and the locusts (9:3, eighth plague, Ex 10:12-15).