Then the afifth
angel
sounded
, and I saw
a bstar
from heaven
which had fallen
to the earth
; and the ckey
of the 1 dbottomless
pit
was given
to him.
He opened the 1bottomless
pit
, and asmoke
went
up out of the pit
, like
the smoke
of a great
furnace
; and bthe sun
and the air
were darkened
by the smoke
of the pit
.
Then out of the smoke
came
alocusts
1upon the earth
, and power
was given
them, as the bscorpions
of the earth
have
power
.
They were told not to ahurt
the bgrass
of the earth
, nor
any
green
thing
, nor
any
tree
, but only
the men
who
do not have
the cseal
of God
on their foreheads
.
And 1they were not permitted to kill
2anyone
, but to torment
for afive
months
; and their torment
was like
the torment
of a bscorpion
when
it 3stings
a man
.
And in those days
amen
will seek
death
and will not find
it; they will long
to die
, and death
flees
from them.
The 1 aappearance 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
.
They had hair
like
the hair
of women
, and their ateeth
were like
the teeth of lions
.
They had breastplates
like
breastplates
of iron
; and the asound
of their wings
was like
the sound
of chariots
, of many
horses
rushing
to battle
.
They have tails
like
ascorpions
, and stings
; and in their btails
is their power
to hurt
men
for cfive
months
.
They have as king
over
them, the angel
of the aabyss
; his name
in bHebrew
is 1 cAbaddon
, and in the Greek
he has
the name
2Apollyon
.
aThe first woe
is past
; behold
, two
woes
are still
coming
after
these
things
.
Then the sixth
angel
sounded
, and I heard
1a voice
from the 2four
ahorns
of the bgolden
altar
which is before
God
,
one saying to the sixth
angel
who had
the trumpet
, "Release
the afour
angels
who are bound
at the bgreat
river
Euphrates
."
And the four angels
, who had been prepared
for the hour
and day
and month
and year
, were areleased
, so
that they would kill
a bthird
of 1mankind
.
The number of the armies
of the horsemen
was atwo
hundred
million
; bI heard
the number
of them.
And 1this is how
I saw
ain the vision
the horses
and those
who sat
on them: the riders had
breastplates
the color of fire
and of hyacinth
and of 2 bbrimstone
; and the heads
of the horses
are like
the heads
of lions
; and cout of their mouths
proceed
fire
and smoke
and 2 bbrimstone
.
A athird of 1mankind
was killed
by these
three
plagues
, by the bfire
and the smoke
and the 2brimstone
which proceeded
out of their mouths
.
For 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
.
The rest of 1mankind
, who
were not killed
by these
plagues
, adid not repent
of bthe works
of their hands
, so
as not to cworship
demons
, and dthe idols
of gold
and of silver
and of brass
and of stone
and of wood
, which
can
neither
see
nor
hear
nor
walk
;
and they adid not repent of their murders
nor
of their bsorceries
nor
of their cimmorality
nor
of their thefts
.