Revelation 9

1 The fifth angel blew his trumpet. I watched a star fall from heaven to earth. He was given the key to the opening of the Abyss. (Abyssos g12)

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. (Abyssos g12)

2 He opened the entrance to the Abyss, and smoke came up out of the Abyss like the smoke of a huge furnace. The sun and the atmosphere became dark because of the smoke from the Abyss. (Abyssos g12)

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. (Abyssos g12)

3 Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that possessed by scorpions.

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 told not to harm the grass or any vegetation or any trees, only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

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 They were not allowed to kill, but they could torture these people for five months. The torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings someone.

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 During that time people will look for death, but won't find it; they will want to die, but death will run away from them!

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 The locusts looked like war-horses. They wore what seemed to be golden crowns on their heads, and their faces looked human.

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 long hair like women and had teeth like lions.

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as [the teeth] of lions.

9 Their breastplates looked like they were made of iron, and the noise made by their wings sounded like many horses and chariots racing into battle.

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 scorpions, complete with stingers. They had the power to hurt people for five months with their tails.

And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power [ was] to hurt men five months.

11 Ruling over them as their king was the angel of the Abyss who is called Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in Greek. (Abyssos g12)

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. (Abyssos g12)

12 The first Disaster is over, but there are still two more to come.

One woe is past; [and], behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

13 The sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice come from the horns of the golden altar that stands in front of God

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14 speaking to the sixth angel that had the trumpet: “Release the four angels that are tied up beside the great River Euphrates.”

Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

15 The four angels who had been kept ready for this particular hour, day, month and year were released to kill one third of humanity.

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 I was told the number of the army of soldiers on horseback: it was 200 million.

And the number of the army of the horsemen [were] two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

17 In my vision I saw the horses and their riders who wore breastplates as red as fire, and dark blue and yellow. The heads of the horses looked like lions, and fire and smoke and sulfur streamed out of their mouths.

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 One third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and smoke and sulfur streaming out of their mouths.

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 The horses' power was in their tails as well as their mouths, for their tails were like serpents' heads that they used to hurt people.

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 But the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of what they were doing. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, and stone—which can't see or hear or walk!

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 They did not repent of their murders, their witchcraft, their sexual sins, or their thefts.

Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.