Revelation 8:11-13

The next two angels sound Revelation 8:11-13: The third trumpet led to a star named Wormwood being thrown into water and one third of the fresh water was make bitter and poisonous. Rome had distressed Christians and now they will face much distress.

The fourth trumpet led to a third part of the sun, moon and stars being destroyed. Calamity would come upon Rome as if darkness should spread over the sun, moon, and the stars, leaving the Roman world in gloom and despair. All of this was the result of their persecuting God's people and being unwilling to repent of those evils. The judgment of God was descending upon that corrupt society. John wrote, "And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!" (Revelation 8:13)