¹³ Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns [^Csome ancient manuscripts specify that there are four horns; protrusions on the four corners of the altar symbolizing God’s strength] on the golden altar [^Cthe incense altar; Ex. 30:1–10] that is before God. ¹⁴ The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “·Free [Release] the four angels who are ·tied [bound] at the great river Euphrates [7:1].” ¹⁵ And they ·let loose [released] the four angels who had been ·kept ready [prepared] for this hour and day and month and year so they could kill a third of ·all people on the earth [^Lhumanity; mankind].