Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.

Then the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

The four angels were released; for this very hour of this very day of this very month and year they had been kept ready to kill a third of all the human race.

Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River. The river dried up, to provide a way for the kings who come from the east.

The third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria, and the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Then he defeated the king of the Syrian state of Zobah, Hadadezer son of Rehob, as Hadadezer was on his way to restore his control over the territory by the upper Euphrates River.

Seraiah, when you finish reading this book to the people, then tie it to a rock and throw it into the Euphrates River