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

¹ Then the fifth angel blew; and I saw a Star that had fallen upon the earth from the heavens, and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. ² He opened the bottomless pit, and from the pit rose a smoke like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air grew dark because of the smoke from the pit. ³ Out of the smoke locusts descended upon the earth, and they received the same power as that possessed by scorpions. ⁴ They were told not to harm the grass, or any plant, or any tree, but only those who have not 'the seal of God upon their foreheads.' ⁵ Yet they were not allowed to kill them, but it was ordered that those men should be tortured for five months. Their torture was like the torture caused by a scorpion when it stings a man. ⁶ In those days men 'will seek Death and will not find it'; They will long to die, but Death flees from them.

⁷ In appearance the locusts were like horses equipped for battle. On their heads there were what appeared to be crowns that shone like gold, their faces resembled human faces, ⁸ and they had hair like the hair of a woman, their teeth were like lions' teeth, ⁹ and they had what seemed to be iron breastplates, while the noise of their wings was like the noise of chariots drawn by many horses, galloping into battle. ¹⁰ They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and in their tails lies their power to harm men for five months. ¹¹ They have as their king the Angel of the bottomless pit, whose name, in Hebrew, is 'Abaddon,' while, in Greek, his name is 'Apollyon' (the Destroyer). ¹² The first Woe has passed; and still there are two Woes to follow!