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Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet. I saw a star which had fallen down to the earth, and it was given the key to the abyss.
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The star opened the abyss, and smoke poured out of it, like the smoke from a large furnace; the sunlight and the air were darkened by the smoke from the abyss.
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Locusts came down out of the smoke upon the earth, and they were given the same kind of power that scorpions have.
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They were told not to harm the grass or the trees or any other plant; they could harm only the people who did not have the mark of God's seal on their foreheads.
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The locusts were not allowed to kill these people, but only to torture them for five months. The pain caused by the torture is like the pain caused by a scorpion's sting.
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During those five months they will seek death, but will not find it; they will want to die, but death will flee from them.
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The locusts looked like horses ready for battle; on their heads they had what seemed to be crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.
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Their hair was like women's hair, their teeth were like lions' teeth.
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Their chests were covered with what looked like iron breastplates, and the sound made by their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle.
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They have tails and stings like those of a scorpion, and it is with their tails that they have the power to hurt people for five months.