Revelation 9:1-12 - Tormenting Locusts From The Abyss

¹ [When] the fifth angel sounded its trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. And the key to the shaft leading to the deep pit [Note: This is thought to be the place where the devil and his demons live] was given to him. ² And the fallen star opened the shaft leading to the deep pit and smoke drifted up from the shaft like smoke from a huge furnace. And the sun and the sky were darkened by the smoke from the shaft. ³ And locusts swarmed down out of the smoke to earth and they were given power like scorpions on earth have. ⁴ And they were told not to harm the grass on earth, or any greenery, or any tree, but only those people who did not have God's seal on their foreheads. ⁵ And the locusts were not given the power to kill these people, but [only] to torture them for five months. And the torment they would inflict was like a scorpion stinging a person. ⁶ And in those days people will be looking for death, but they will not find it; and they will want to die, but death will elude them.

⁷ And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads [they wore] what appeared to be golden crowns, and their faces looked like the faces of human beings. ⁸ And they had hair like women and teeth like lions. ⁹ Their chests were covered with armor plate made of iron, and their wings sounded like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots rushing to battle. ¹⁰ And they had tails like scorpions with stingers, and in their tails they had the power to inflict harm upon people for five months. ¹¹ They had a king over them who was the angel of the deep pit [See verses 1-2]. His name in Hebrew was "Abaddon," and in Greek it was "Apollyon" [Note: These words both mean "Destroyer"]. ¹² The first Calamity is over; look, two more calamities are yet to come.