Revelation 9:3-13

3 Then from the smoke came 1locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
4 They were told 2not to harm 3the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have 4the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 They were allowed to torment them 5for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.
6 And in those days 6people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
7 7In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: 8on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were 9like human faces,
8 their hair like women's hair, and 10their teeth like lions' teeth;
9 they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was 11like the noise of many chariots with 12horses rushing into battle.
10 They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people 13for five months is in their tails.
11 They have 14as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is 15Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.[a]
12 16The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from 17the four horns of the golden altar before God,

Cross References 17

  • 1. See Exodus 10:4
  • 2. Revelation 6:6; Revelation 7:3
  • 3. Revelation 8:7
  • 4. See Revelation 7:2, 3
  • 5. ver. 10
  • 6. Job 3:21; Job 7:15, 16; Jeremiah 8:3
  • 7. Joel 2:4
  • 8. [Nahum 3:17]
  • 9. Daniel 7:8
  • 10. Joel 1:6
  • 11. Joel 2:5
  • 12. Jeremiah 8:6; [Job 39:21-25]
  • 13. ver. 5
  • 14. [Job 18:14; Proverbs 30:27; Ephesians 2:2]
  • 15. See Job 26:6
  • 16. [Revelation 8:13; Revelation 11:14]
  • 17. Exodus 30:3

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Abaddon means destruction; Apollyon means destroyer
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