When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not damage the oil and the wine." The opening of the third seal gives rise to the appearance of the third rider who rides a black horse and carries a balance. This horseman represents the arrival of the famine. Along with the numerous pests that will devour the crops will arrive. His horse serves as food for the rider himself to satisfy his infinite hunger. Just like the chains that the horse has placed in its mouth prevent it from closing it, to remember that its hunger is insatiable.