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And the fifth angel blew his trumpet ,
and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth ,
and he was given the key of the shaft of the bottomless pit ;
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he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit ,
and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace ,
and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft .
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Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth ,
and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth ;
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they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree ,
but only those of mankind who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads ;
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they were allowed to torture them for five months ,
but not to kill them ,
and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion ,
when it stings a man .
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And in those days men will seek death and will not find it ;
they will long to die ,
and death will fly from them .
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In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle ;
on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold ;
their faces were like human faces ,
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their hair like women '
s hair ,
and their teeth like lions '
teeth ;
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they had scales like iron breastplates ,
and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle .
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They have tails like scorpions ,
and stings ,
and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails .
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They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit ;
his name in Hebrew is Abad '
don ,
and in Greek he is called Apol '
lyon .
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The first woe has passed ;
behold ,
two woes are still to come .