the third part of the creatures: Revelation 8:7, Revelation 8:10, Revelation 8:12, Revelation 16:3; Exodus 7:21; Zechariah 13:8
the ships: Psalms 48:7; Isaiah 2:16, Isaiah 23:1
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Revelation 8:9
Revelation 8:9
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