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1 The fifth angel sounded his shofar; and I saw a star that had fallen out of heaven onto the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft leading down to the Abyss.
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And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 He opened the shaft of the Abyss, and there went up smoke from the shaft like the smoke of a huge furnace; the sun was darkened, and the sky too, by the smoke from the shaft.
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And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 Then out of the smoke onto the earth came locusts, and they were given power like the power scorpions have on earth.
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And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 They were instructed not to harm the grass on the earth, any green plant or any tree, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
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And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 The locusts were not allowed to kill them, only to inflict pain on them for five months; and the pain they caused was like the pain of a scorpion sting.
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And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 In those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
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And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 Now these locusts looked like horses outfitted for battle. On their heads were what looked like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.
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And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
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And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 Their chests were like iron breastplates, and the sound their wings made was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
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And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 They had tails like those of scorpions, with stings; and in their tails was their power to hurt people for five months.
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And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is "Abaddon" and in our language, "Destroyer."
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And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
12 The first woe has passed, but there are still two woes to come.
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One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 The sixth angel sounded his shofar, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the gold altar before God,
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And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 saying to the sixth angel, the one with the shofar, "Release the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates!"
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Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And they were released. These four angels had been kept ready for this moment, for this day and month and year, to kill a third of mankind;
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And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16 and the number of cavalry soldiers was two hundred million! - I heard the number.
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And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17 Here is how the horses looked in the vision: the riders had breastplates that were fire-red, iris-blue and sulfur-yellow; the horses' heads were like lions' heads; and from their mouths issued fire, smoke and sulfur.
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And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 It was these three plagues that killed a third of mankind - the fire, smoke and sulfur issuing from the horses' mouths.
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By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19 For the power of the horses was in their mouths - and also in their tails, for their tails were like snakes with heads, and with them they could cause injury.
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For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
20 The rest of mankind, those who were not killed by these plagues, even then did not turn from what they had made with their own hands - they did not stop worshipping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
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And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Nor did they turn from their murdering, their involvement with the occult and with drugs, their sexual immorality or their stealing.
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Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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