Revelation 9
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1The fifth angel blew his trumpet. I watched a star fall from heaven to earth. The star was given the key to the opening of the Abyss.#9:1. Sometimes translated “bottomless pit.” 2He opened the entrance to the Abyss, and smoke came up out of the Abyss like the smoke of a huge furnace. The sun and the atmosphere became dark because of the smoke from the Abyss. 3Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that possessed by scorpions. 4They were told not to harm the grass or any vegetation or any trees, only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5They were not allowed to kill, but they could torture these people for five months. The torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings someone.
6During that time people will look for death, but won't find it; they will want to die, but death will run away from them! 7The locusts looked like war-horses. They wore what seemed to be golden crowns on their heads, and their faces looked human. 8They had long hair like women and had teeth like lions. 9Their breastplates looked like they were made of iron, and the noise made by their wings sounded like many horses and chariots racing into battle. 10They had tails like scorpions, complete with stingers. They had the power to hurt people for five months with their tails. 11Ruling over them as their king was the angel of the Abyss who is called Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in Greek.#9:11. Abaddon in Hebrew means “destruction” while Apollyon in Greek means “destroyer.” 12The first Disaster is over, but there are still two more to come.
13The sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice come from the horns of the golden altar that stands in front of God 14speaking to the sixth angel that had the trumpet: “Release the four angels that are tied up beside the great River Euphrates.”
15The four angels who had been kept ready for this particular hour, day, month and year were released to kill one third of humanity. 16I was told the number of the army of soldiers on horseback: it was 200 million.
17In my vision I saw the horses and their riders who wore breastplates as red as fire, and dark blue and yellow.#9:17. Literally, “hyacinth and sulfur.” The heads of the horses looked like lions, and fire and smoke and sulfur streamed out of their mouths.
18One third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and smoke and sulfur streaming out of their mouths. 19The horses' power was in their tails as well as their mouths, for their tails were like serpents' heads that they used to hurt people.
20But the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of what they were doing. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, and stone—which can't see or hear or walk! 21They did not repent of their murders, their witchcraft, their sexual sins, or their thefts.
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Revelation 9
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1Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fall from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the deep hole that leads to the bottomless pit. 2Then it opened up the hole that leads to the bottomless pit, and smoke came up from the hole like smoke from a big furnace. Then the sun and sky became dark because of the smoke from the hole. 3Then locusts came down to the earth out of the smoke, and they were given the power to sting like scorpions. 4They were told not to harm the grass on the earth or any plant or tree. They could harm only the people who did not have the sign of God on their foreheads. 5These locusts were not given the power to kill anyone, but to cause pain to the people for five months. And the pain they felt was like the pain a scorpion gives when it stings someone. 6During those days people will look for a way to die, but they will not find it. They will want to die, but death will run away from them.
7The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore what looked like crowns of gold, and their faces looked like human faces. 8Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. 9Their chests looked like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horses and chariots hurrying into battle. 10The locusts had tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails was their power to hurt people for five months. 11The locusts had a king who was the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon and in the Greek language is Apollyon.
12The first trouble is past; there are still two other troubles that will come.
13Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns on the golden altar that is before God. 14The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Free the four angels who are tied at the great river Euphrates.” 15And they let loose the four angels who had been kept ready for this hour and day and month and year so they could kill a third of all people on the earth. 16I heard how many troops on horses were in their army—two hundred million.
17The horses and their riders I saw in the vision looked like this: They had breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow like sulfur. The heads of the horses looked like heads of lions, with fire, smoke, and sulfur coming out of their mouths. 18A third of all the people on earth were killed by these three terrible disasters coming out of the horses’ mouths: the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur. 19The horses’ power was in their mouths and in their tails; their tails were like snakes with heads, and with them they hurt people.
20The other people who were not killed by these terrible disasters still did not change their hearts and turn away from what they had made with their own hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—things that cannot see or hear or walk. 21These people did not change their hearts and turn away from murder or evil magic, from their sexual sins or stealing.
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