Revelation 9:1–12

And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and ^qI saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given ^rthe key to the shaft of ^sthe bottomless pit.^{1 2}He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft ^trose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and ^uthe sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. ³Then from the smoke came ^vlocusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. ⁴They were told ^wnot to harm ^xthe grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have ^ythe seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵They were allowed to torment them ^zfor five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. ⁶And in those days ^apeople will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

^7bIn appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: ^con their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were ^dlike human faces, ⁸their hair like women’s hair, and ^etheir teeth like lions’ teeth; ⁹they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was ^flike the noise of many chariots with ^ghorses rushing into battle. ¹⁰They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people ^hfor five months is in their tails. ¹¹They have ⁱas king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is ^jAbaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.²

^12kThe first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.