Revelation 9
9
Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit
1Then the fifth angel sounded: #Luke 10:18; Rev. 8:10And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to #Luke 8:31; Rev. 9:2, 11; 17:8the bottomless pit. 2And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the #Joel 2:2, 10sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. 3Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, #Ex. 10:4; Judg. 7:12as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4They were commanded #Rev. 6:6not to harm #Rev. 8:7the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have #Ex. 12:23; Ezek. 9:4; Rev. 7:2, 3the seal of God on their foreheads. 5And they were not given authority to kill them, #(Rev. 9:10; 11:7)but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6In those days #Job 3:21; 7:15; Is. 2:19; Jer. 8:3; Rev. 6:16men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
7#Joel 2:4The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. #Nah. 3:17On their heads were crowns of something like gold, #Dan. 7:8and their faces were like the faces of men. 8They had hair like women’s hair, and #Joel 1:6their teeth were like lions’ teeth. 9And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was #Jer. 47:3; Joel 2:5–7like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. 10They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. 11And they had as king over them #Eph. 2:2the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.
12#Rev. 8:13; 11:14One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.
Sixth Trumpet: The Angels from the Euphrates
13Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the #Rev. 8:3golden altar which is before God, 14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound #Gen. 15:18; Deut. 1:7; Josh. 1:4; Rev. 16:12at the great river Euphrates.” 15So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a #Rev. 8:7–9; 9:18third of mankind. 16Now #Ps. 68:17; Dan. 7:10the number of the army #Ezek. 38:4of the horsemen was two hundred million; #Rev. 7:4I heard the number of them. 17And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; #1 Chr. 12:8; Is. 5:28, 29and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. 18By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths. 19For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; #Is. 9:15for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.
20But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, #Deut. 31:29did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship #Lev. 17:7; Deut. 32:17; Ps. 106:37; 1 Cor. 10:20demons, #Ps. 115:4–7; 135:15–17; Dan. 5:23and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. 21And they did not repent of their murders #Rev. 21:8; 22:15or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
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Revelation 9
9
The Fifth Trumpet
1The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth.#Is 14:12; Lk 10:18; Rv 8:10 The key for the shaft to the abyss#Lk 8:31; Rm 10:7; Rv 9:11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1–3 was given to him. 2He opened the shaft to the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great#9:2 Other mss omit great furnace#Gn 19:28; Ex 19:18 so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.#Jl 2:2,10 3Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth,#Ex 10:1–20; Dt 28:42; 1Kg 8:37; Ps 78:46 and power#9:3 Or authority, also in v. 10 was given to them#Mt 10:1; 28:18; Rv 6:8 like the power that scorpions have on the earth.#Dt 8:15; Ezk 2:6; Lk 10:19 4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree,#Rv 6:6; 7:3 but only those people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads.#Rv 7:3 5They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it stings someone. 6In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.#Jb 3:20–22; Rv 6:16
7The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle.#Jl 2:4–5 Something like golden crowns was on their heads; their faces were like human faces; 8they had hair like women’s hair; their teeth were like lions’ teeth;#Jl 1:6 9they had chests like iron breastplates; the sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots with horses rushing into battle; 10and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months. 11They had as their king#9:11 Or as king over them the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon,#9:11 Or Destruction#Jb 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Ps 88:11; Pr 15:11; 27:20 and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.#9:11 Or Destroyer
12The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this.#Rv 8:13; 11:14
The Sixth Trumpet
13The sixth angel blew his trumpet. From the four#9:13 Other mss omit four horns of the golden altar#Ex 39:38; 40:5 that is before God, I heard a voice 14say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels#Rv 7:1–2 bound at the great river Euphrates.”#Rv 16:12 15So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year#Gn 7:11; 2Kg 25:1; Jr 39:2; 52:4,12,31 were released to kill a third#Rv 8:7–12 of the human race. 16The number of mounted troops was two hundred million;#9:16 Other mss read a hundred million I heard their number. 17This is how I saw the horses and their riders in the vision: They had breastplates that were fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.#Gn 19:24; Dt 29:23; Jb 18:15; Ps 11:6; Is 34:9; Lk 17:29; Rv 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8 18A third of the human race was killed by these three plagues — by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came from their mouths. 19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails, which resemble snakes, have heads that inflict injury.
20The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands#1Kg 13:33; 2Ch 34:25; Ps 7:12; Jr 1:16; Rv 16:9,11 to stop worshiping demons#1Co 10:20 and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood,#Dt 29:17; Dn 2:32,35,45; Hab 2:19; Ac 17:29 which cannot see, hear, or walk.#Dt 4:28; Ps 115:4–7; 135:15–17; Dn 5:23 21And they did not repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.
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