"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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there
were stings in their tails, and their power was to
hurt men five months.
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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" (Revelation 9:1-11).
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