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Revelation 9:3-13

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3 Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
3 And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.
4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes.
6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
7 The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.
7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.
8 They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.
8 Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.
9 And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle.
9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months.
10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.
11 And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.
11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
12 One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.
12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
13 Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God.
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