After the half hour silence is over, the seven angels will sound their trumpets in succession.
The First Trumpet, when sounded, brings forth a storm of hail and fire "mingled with blood". In this storm, a third of the earth's tree will be consumed in the fire along with all the grass.
The Second Trumpet is sounded and "as it were a great mountain burning with fire" plummets into the sea and a third of the sea becomes as blood. A third of the life in the sea dies and a third of all ships are destroyed as a result.
The Third Trumpet causes a star to fall from the heavens "upon the third part of the rivers". The star is called Wormwood and will poison the rivers, thereby rendering the water in these rivers undrinkable.
The Fourth Trumpet causes the sun, moon and stars to be "smitten", darkening each by one third. Because of this, "the day shone not for a third of the part, and the night likewise".
Between the Fourth and Fifth Trumpets, an angel will fly through the sky and cry out, "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!"
At the sounding of the Fifth Trumpet, a star falls from heaven and he is given a key. With the key, he opens a bottomless pit and releases a swarm of locusts, with "power, as the scorpions of the earth have power" and they fell upon all men not bearing the seal of God to protect them. At this time, many that are bitten will try to kill themselves to escape the pain but will find that "death shall flee from them". The locusts will be lead by the angel of the bottomless pit, called Apollyon in Greek and Abaddon in Hebrew.
The Sixth Trumpet sounds and is followed by four horns sound from "the golden altar which is before God". Four angels, who are bound in the Euphrates river, are released and sent forth to slaughter "the third part of men". Their army will consist of horsemen numbering "two hundred thousand thousand", or 200 million. The men will be killed by the fire, smoke and brimstone "which issued out of their mouths".
The Seventh Trumpet does not sound at this point. Following the Sixth, there comes what is referred to as the Seven Thunders. The nature of the Thunders are a mystery unto God until the sounding of the Seventh Trumpet. The Seventh Trumpet does not bring a plague, rather it sounds as glory is given to God and to announce the coming of His kingdom.
Sources:
Holy Bible, Book of Revelation, Chapter 8: 7-13, Chapter 9: 1-21, Chapter 10: 4, 7, Chapter 11: 15; King James Version
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