Revelation:9:1-12

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* The fifth angel sounded , and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth . The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him . * He opened the pit of the abyss , and smoke went up out of the pit , like the smoke from a {TR adds "great "} burning furnace . The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit . * Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth , and power was given to them , as the scorpions of the earth have power . * They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth , neither any green thing , neither any tree , but only those people who don 't have God 's seal on their foreheads . * They were given power not to kill them , but to torment them for five months . Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion , when it strikes a person . * In those days people will seek death , and will in no way find it . They will desire to die , and death will flee from them . * The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war . On their heads were something like golden crowns , and their faces were like people 's faces . * They had hair like women 's hair , and their teeth were like those of lions . * They had breastplates , like breastplates of iron . The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots , or of many horses rushing to war . * They have tails like those of scorpions , and stings . In their tails they have power to harm men for five months . * They have over them as king the angel of the abyss . His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon ," {"Abaddon " is a Hebrew word that means ruin , destruction , or the place of destruction } but in Greek , he has the name "Apollyon ." {"Apollyon " means "Destroyer ."} * The first woe is past . Behold , there are still two woes coming after this .

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