# Connecting Statement:

The sixth of the seven angels begins to sound his trumpet.

# I heard a voice coming

The voice refers to the one who was speaking. John does not say who the speaker was, but it may have been God. AT: "I heard someone speaking" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# horns of the golden altar

These are horn-shaped extensions at each of the four corners of the top of the altar.