Revelation 9
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12 Here John calls this fifth plague the first woe. The sixth and seventh plagues are also called the second and third woes.
13-14 Next, in verses 13-19, John describes the sixth plague (or second woe). God commanded the sixth angel: “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”24
15-16 These four angels were generals of an army of two hundred million horsemen. This army was ordered to kill one third of all unbelievers. This army had been kept waiting until the exact time of God’s final judgment against the world.
17-19 Here John gives a description of the horses and their riders. It was not the riders but the horses who did the killing; they killed men with their mouths and tails.
20-21 In spite of this terrible destruction, men still did not repent. Their hearts were hardened against God. They kept on worshiping the DEMONS and idols25 that were now destroying them. Satan had indeed deluded them! (Psalm 115:4-8; Daniel 5:22-33).