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Then from the smoke came
1locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
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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.
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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.
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And in those days
6people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
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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,
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their hair like women's hair, and
10their teeth like lions' teeth;
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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.
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They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people
13for five months is in their tails.
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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.
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16The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
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Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from
17the four horns of the golden altar before God,