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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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They had hair like women '
s hair ,
and their teeth were like those of lions .
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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 .
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They have tails like those of scorpions ,
and stings .
In their tails they have power to harm men for five months .
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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 ."}
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The first woe is past .
Behold ,
there are still two woes coming after this .