Revelation 9–17

Chapter 9

The Fifth Trumpet—the Bottomless Pit

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

²He opened the ¹bottomless pit, 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.

⁴They 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 not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

⁷The ^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.

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

⁹They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the ^asound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle.

¹⁰They 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.

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

The Sixth Trumpet—Army from the East

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 are bound at the ^bgreat river Euphrates.”

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

¹⁶The 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 sat 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 proceed fire and smoke and brimstone.

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

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

²⁰The 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 ^cimmorality nor of their thefts.

Chapter 10

The Angel and the Little Book

¹I 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 book which was open. He placed ^bhis right foot on the sea and his left on the land;

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.

⁴When 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 land ^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 ¹preached to His servants the prophets.

⁸Then ^athe voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take ^bthe ¹book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.”

⁹So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. 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.”

¹⁰I took the little book 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 concerning ^cmany peoples and nations and tongues and ^dkings.”

Chapter 11

The Two Witnesses

¹Then there was given me a ^1ameasuring rod like a staff; ²and ^bsomeone said, “Get up and measure the ³temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.

²“¹Leave out the ^acourt which is outside the ²temple and do not measure it, for ^bit has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot ^cthe holy city for ^dforty-two months.

³“And I will grant authority to my two ^awitnesses, and they will prophesy for ^btwelve hundred and sixty 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 wants to harm them, ^afire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, ^bhe must be killed in this way.

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

⁷When they have finished their testimony, ^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 ¹mystically is called ^bSodom and ^cEgypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

⁹Those 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 they will ^bsend gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those 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—Christ’s Reign Foreseen

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 are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to ^breign.

¹⁸“And ^athe nations were enraged, and ^bYour wrath came, and ^cthe time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to ¹reward Your ^dbond-servants the prophets and the ²saints and those who fear Your name, ^ethe small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

¹⁹And ^athe ¹temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and ^bthe ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of ^clightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a ^dgreat ²hailstorm.

Chapter 12

The Woman, Israel

¹A great ^asign appeared ^bin heaven: ^ca woman ^dclothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;

²and she was with child; and she ^acried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.

The Red Dragon, Satan

³Then ^aanother sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red ^bdragon having ^cseven heads and ^dten horns, and on his heads were ^eseven diadems.

⁴And his tail ^*swept away a ^athird of the stars of heaven and ^bthrew them to the earth. And the ^cdragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth ^dhe might devour her child.

The Male Child, Christ

⁵And ^ashe gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to ^1brule all the ²nations with a rod of iron; and her child was ^ccaught up to God and to His throne.

⁶Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she ^*had a place prepared by God, so that there ¹she would be nourished for ^aone thousand two hundred and sixty days.

The Angel, Michael

⁷And there was war in heaven, ^aMichael and his angels waging war with the ^bdragon. The dragon and ^chis angels waged war,

⁸and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.

⁹And the great ^adragon was thrown down, the ^bserpent of old who is called the devil and ^cSatan, who ^ddeceives the whole ¹world; he was ^ethrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

¹⁰Then I heard ^aa loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the ^bsalvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the ^caccuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.

¹¹“And they ^aovercame him because of ^bthe blood of the Lamb and because of ^cthe word of their testimony, and they ^ddid not love their life even ¹when faced with death.

¹²“For this reason, ^arejoice, O heavens and ^byou…