Revelation 9–11

CHAPTER 9

¹Then the ^afifth angel sounded. Then I saw a ^bstar from heaven which had fallen to the earth, and the ^ckey of the ^dpit of the abyss was given to him.

²And he opened the pit of the abyss and ^asmoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace, and ^bthe sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.

³Then out of the smoke came ^alocusts ¹upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ^bscorpions of the earth have power.

⁴And they were told not to ^ahurt the ^bgrass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the ^cseal of God on their foreheads.

⁵And ¹they were not permitted to kill ²anyone, but to torment for ^afive months, and their torment was like the torment of a ^bscorpion when it ³stings a man.

⁶And in those days ^amen will seek death and will never find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

⁷And the ^1aappearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. And on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.

⁸And they had hair like the hair of women, and their ^ateeth were like the teeth of lions.

⁹And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the ^asound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses running to battle.

¹⁰And they have tails like ^ascorpions, and stings; and in their ^btails is their power to hurt men for ^cfive months.

¹¹They have as king over them, the angel of the ^aabyss. His name in ^bHebrew is ^1cAbaddon, and in the Greek he has the name ²Apollyon.

^12aOne woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

¹³Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard ¹a voice from the ²four ^ahorns of the ^bgolden altar which is before God,

¹⁴one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the ^afour angels who have been bound at the ^bgreat river Euphrates.”

¹⁵And the four angels were ^areleased, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill a ^bthird of ¹mankind.

¹⁶And the number of the armies of the horsemen was ^atwo hundred million; ^bI heard the number of them.

¹⁷And ¹this is how I saw ^ain the vision the horses and those who sit on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of ^2bbrimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and ^cout of their mouths come fire and smoke and ^3dbrimstone.

¹⁸A ^athird of ¹mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the ^bfire and the smoke and the ²brimstone which came out of their mouths.

¹⁹For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads, and with them they do harm.

²⁰And the rest of ¹mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^adid not repent of ^bthe works of their hands, so as not to ^cworship demons, and ^dthe idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

²¹And they ^adid not repent of their murders nor of their ^bsorceries nor of their ^csexual immorality nor of their thefts.

CHAPTER 10

The Angel and the Little Scroll

¹Then I saw another ^astrong angel ^bcoming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the ^crainbow was upon his head, and ^dhis face was like the sun, and his ^efeet like pillars of fire;

²and he had in his hand a ^alittle scroll which was open. He placed ^bhis right foot on the sea and his left on the earth,

³and he cried out with a loud voice, ^aas when a lion roars. And when he had cried out, the ^bseven peals of thunder ¹uttered their voices.

⁴And when the seven peals of thunder had spoken, ^aI was about to write; and I ^bheard a voice from heaven saying, “^cSeal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them.”

⁵Then the angel, whom I saw standing on the sea and on the earth, ^alifted up his right hand to heaven,

^6aand swore by ^bHim who lives forever and ever, ^cwho created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that ^dthere will be delay no longer,

⁷but in the days of the voice of the ^aseventh angel, when he is about to sound, then ^bthe mystery of God is finished, as He proclaimed good news to His slaves, the prophets.

⁸Then ^athe voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take ^bthe scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who ^cstands on the sea and on the earth.”

⁹So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he ^*said to me, “^aTake it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”

¹⁰And I took the little scroll out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

¹¹And ^athey ^*said to me, “You must ^bprophesy again about ^cmany peoples and nations and tongues and ^dkings.”

CHAPTER 11

The Two Witnesses

¹Then a ^1ameasuring rod like a staff was given to me, ^bsaying, “Get up and measure the sanctuary of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.

²“And ¹leave out the ^acourt which is outside the sanctuary and do not measure it, for ^bit has been given to the Gentiles, and they will ^ctrample ^dthe holy city under foot for ^eforty-two months.

³“And I will give authority to my two ^awitnesses, and they will prophesy for ^b1,260 days, clothed in ^csackcloth.”

⁴These are the ^atwo olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

⁵And if anyone wishes to harm them, ^afire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wishes to harm them, ^bhe must be killed in this way.

⁶These have the authority to ^ashut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during ^bthe days of their prophesying; they also have authority over the waters to ^cturn them into blood, and ^dto strike the earth with every plague, as often as they wish.

⁷And when they have finished their witness, ^athe beast that comes up out of the ^babyss will ^cmake war with them and overcome them and kill them.

⁸And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the ^agreat city which spiritually is called ^bSodom and ^cEgypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

⁹And those from ^athe peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead ¹bodies for three and a half days, and ^2bwill not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

¹⁰And ^athose who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate and ^bsend gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ^cthose who dwell on the earth.

¹¹But after the three and a half days, ^athe breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who were watching them.

¹²And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “^aCome up here.” Then they ^bwent up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.

¹³And in that hour there was a great ^aearthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; ¹seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^bgave glory to the ^cGod of heaven.

¹⁴The second ^awoe is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵Then the ^aseventh angel sounded, and there were ^bloud voices in heaven, saying,

“^cThe kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^dHis ¹Christ, and ^eHe will reign forever and ever.”

¹⁶And the twenty-four elders, who ^asit on their thrones before God, ^bfell on their faces and worshiped God,

¹⁷saying,

“We give You thanks, ^aO Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to ^breign.

¹⁸“And ^athe nations were enraged, and ^bYour rage came, and ^cthe time came for the dead to be judged, and to give reward to Your ^dslaves—the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, ^ethe small and the great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

¹⁹And ^athe sanctuary of God which is in heaven was opened, and ^bthe ark of His covenant appeared in His sanctuary, and there were flashes of ^clightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a ^dgreat ¹hailstorm.