Four small wooden toy horses stand on a plum-coloured wool cloud beneath a streaky acid-green sky.

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The Bible

Revelations, 6:7

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat upon him was Death, and Hell followed with him.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The line presents a sudden vision: a pale horse appears, its rider named Death, with Hell following close behind. It is a stark image of mortality and destruction advancing together, described in solemn, ominous, prophetic terms.

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