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Revelation 9

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth. And he was given the key to the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke came up out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air went dark from the smoke of the pit. And out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth. An

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The fifth and sixth trumpets

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth. And he was given the key to the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke came up out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air went dark from the smoke of the pit. And out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth. And they were given power like the power scorpions have on the earth. And they were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or anything green, or any tree — only the men who don't have the seal of God on their foreheads. And they were not allowed to kill them, only to torment them for five months. And their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. And in those days men will look for death and won't find it. They will long to die, and death will run from them. And the locusts looked like horses ready for battle. On their heads were what looked like crowns of gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. And they had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots and many horses running into battle. And they had tails like scorpions, with stings in their tails, and their power to hurt men lasted five months. And they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek Apollyon. one disaster is past. And there are two more disasters still coming. And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, Let loose the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were let loose, who had been kept ready for that hour and day and month and year, to kill a third of mankind. And the number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number. And this is how I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting on them: they had breastplates of fire and jacinth and burning sulphur. The horses' heads were like lions' heads, and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and burning sulphur. By these three a third of men were killed — by the fire and the smoke and the burning sulphur that came out of their mouths. Because their power is in their mouths and in their tails. Their tails are like snakes, with heads on them, and with these they do harm. And the rest of the men, who weren't killed by these plagues, still wouldn't repent of the works of their hands or stop worshipping devils and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which can't see or hear or walk. And they wouldn't repent of their murders, or their sorceries, or their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke poured up out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air went dark with the smoke. Out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like the power scorpions have on the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or anything green or any tree, but only the people who didn't have the mark of God on their foreheads. They weren't allowed to kill them, only to torment them for five months, and the torment was like a scorpion's sting. In those days people will look for death and not find it. They'll long to die, and death will run from them. The locusts looked like horses got ready for battle. On their heads was what looked like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces. They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses charging into battle. They had tails like scorpions, with stingers in their tails, and their power to hurt people for five months was in their tails. They had a king over them, the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon. The first woe has gone by. Look — two more woes are still coming. The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar in front of God saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet: Turn loose the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates. And the four angels who had been kept ready for that very hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill a third of humanity. The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard the number of them. And this is how I saw the horses and their riders in the vision: their breastplates were fiery red and dark blue and yellow as sulphur. The heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulphur came out of their mouths. By these three plagues a third of humanity was killed — by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur that came out of their mouths. The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails were like snakes, with heads, and with them they did their damage. And the rest of humanity, the ones not killed by these plagues, still would not turn from what their own hands had made. They didn't stop worshipping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which can't see or hear or walk. And they didn't turn from their murders or their sorceries or their immorality or their thieving.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. 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. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 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. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. 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. One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. 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. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. 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. 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. 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. 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: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

1

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth. And he was given the key to the bottomless pit.

Plain English

The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.

King James Version, 1611

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

And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke came up out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air went dark from the smoke of the pit.

Plain English

He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke poured up out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air went dark with the smoke.

King James Version, 1611

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

And out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth. And they were given power like the power scorpions have on the earth.

Plain English

Out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like the power scorpions have on the earth.

King James Version, 1611

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

And they were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or anything green, or any tree — only the men who don't have the seal of God on their foreheads.

Plain English

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or anything green or any tree, but only the people who didn't have the mark of God on their foreheads.

King James Version, 1611

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

And they were not allowed to kill them, only to torment them for five months. And their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

Plain English

They weren't allowed to kill them, only to torment them for five months, and the torment was like a scorpion's sting.

King James Version, 1611

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

And in those days men will look for death and won't find it. They will long to die, and death will run from them.

Plain English

In those days people will look for death and not find it. They'll long to die, and death will run from them.

King James Version, 1611

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

And the locusts looked like horses ready for battle. On their heads were what looked like crowns of gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.

Plain English

The locusts looked like horses got ready for battle. On their heads was what looked like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.

King James Version, 1611

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

And they had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

Plain English

They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

King James Version, 1611

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

9

And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots and many horses running into battle.

Plain English

They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses charging into battle.

King James Version, 1611

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

And they had tails like scorpions, with stings in their tails, and their power to hurt men lasted five months.

Plain English

They had tails like scorpions, with stingers in their tails, and their power to hurt people for five months was in their tails.

King James Version, 1611

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

11

And they had a king over them, the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek Apollyon.

Plain English

They had a king over them, the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon.

King James Version, 1611

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

one disaster is past. And there are two more disasters still coming.

Plain English

The first woe has gone by. Look — two more woes are still coming.

King James Version, 1611

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

13

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

Plain English

The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar in front of God

King James Version, 1611

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 with the trumpet, Let loose the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.

Plain English

saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet: Turn loose the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.

King James Version, 1611

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

15

And the four angels were let loose, who had been kept ready for that hour and day and month and year, to kill a third of mankind.

Plain English

And the four angels who had been kept ready for that very hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill a third of humanity.

King James Version, 1611

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 the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number.

Plain English

The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.

King James Version, 1611

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

17

And this is how I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting on them: they had breastplates of fire and jacinth and burning sulphur. The horses' heads were like lions' heads, and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and burning sulphur.

Plain English

And this is how I saw the horses and their riders in the vision: their breastplates were fiery red and dark blue and yellow as sulphur. The heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulphur came out of their mouths.

King James Version, 1611

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

By these three a third of men were killed — by the fire and the smoke and the burning sulphur that came out of their mouths.

Plain English

By these three plagues a third of humanity was killed — by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur that came out of their mouths.

King James Version, 1611

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

Because their power is in their mouths and in their tails. Their tails are like snakes, with heads on them, and with these they do harm.

Plain English

The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails were like snakes, with heads, and with them they did their damage.

King James Version, 1611

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

And the rest of the men, who weren't killed by these plagues, still wouldn't repent of the works of their hands or stop worshipping devils and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which can't see or hear or walk.

Plain English

And the rest of humanity, the ones not killed by these plagues, still would not turn from what their own hands had made. They didn't stop worshipping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which can't see or hear or walk.

King James Version, 1611

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

And they wouldn't repent of their murders, or their sorceries, or their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

Plain English

And they didn't turn from their murders or their sorceries or their immorality or their thieving.

King James Version, 1611

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