Sounded (εσαλπισεν). First aorist active indicative of σαλπιζω, repeated with each angel in turn (8:8,10,12; 9:1,13; 11:15).

The first angel sounded. The first in order, and indicating the first in the series of events that were to follow.

And there fo…

The first angel . . .—Better, And the first sounded, and there took place hail, and fire mingled in blood, and it was cast upo…

The first trumpet. Hail and fire remind one of the fourth plague of the Exodus (Exodus 9:23–26), with added intensity suggested by the …

The first angel sounded
Or blew his trumpet:

The first angel sounded the first trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood—a storm of heresies, a mixture of dreadful errors fa…