Revelation 9
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The Fifth Trumpet—the Bottomless Pit
1Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. 2He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. 3Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. 6And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.
7The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. 9They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. 10They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months. 11They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is #I.e. destructionAbaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.
12The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.
The Sixth Trumpet—Army from the East
13Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the #Two early mss do not contain fourfour horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind. 16The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. 17And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone. 18A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths. 19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.
20The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; 21and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts.
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Revelation 9
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1#Rev 8:10; Lk 8:31; Rev 1:18The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. The star was given the key to the bottomless pit. 2#Ge 19:28; Joel 2:10He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke ascended from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit. 3#Eze 2:6; Rev 9:5And out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. Power was given them as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4#Rev 6:6; 8:7They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5#Rev 9:10; 9:3They were given authority, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. 6#Jer 8:3; Rev 6:16In those days men will seek death but will not find it. They will desire to die, but death will elude them.
7#Da 7:8; Na 3:17The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like faces of men. 8#Joel 1:6They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were likethe teeth of lions. 9#Job 39:25They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle. 10#Rev 9:5; 9:3They had tails like scorpions and stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men for five months. 11#Eph 2:2They had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek his name is Apollyon.#Or Destroyer.
12#Rev 11:14The first woe is past. Now, two more woes are yet to come.
13The sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14#Rev 16:12saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River.” 15#Rev 8:7; 9:18And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind. 16#Rev 7:4; Ps 68:17The army of horsemen numbered two hundred million. I heard their number.
17#Rev 9:18; 14:10Thus I saw the horses in the vision: Those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and brimstone. 18#Rev 9:15; 9:17A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues—by the fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone, which came out of their mouths. 19The power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, with heads by which they inflict injury.
20#Da 5:23; Dt 31:29The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not cease to worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which cannot see nor hear nor walk. 21#Rev 17:2; 17:5Nor did they repent of their murders or their magical arts or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
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