1. Revelation 7:3 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What exactly does the angel ascending from the rising of the sun tell the other four angels to do?

Revelation 7:3 (ESV)

3 saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

With a voice loud enough to reach to the four corners of the planet, he issues a command to the four angels not to release the winds of divine judgment just yet (not to cease holding back the winds of Revelation 7:1).