The Fifth Trumpet

9 Then the fifth angel sounded [his] trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss. 2 [The star] opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of [it] like [the] smoke of a burning[fn] furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.

3 And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like [that of] the scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth [or] any plant [or] tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 [The locusts] were not given power to kill them, but only to torment [them] [for] five months, and their torment [was] like the stinging of a scorpion. 6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, [but] death will escape them.

7 And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, [with something] like crowns of gold on their heads; and their faces [were] like [the] faces of men. 8 They had hair like [that] of women, and teeth like [those] of lions. 9 They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings [was] like [the] roar of many horses [and] chariots rushing into battle. 10 They had tails with stingers like scorpions, [which] had the power to injure people for five months. 11 They were ruled by a king, [the] angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew [is] Abaddon,[fn] and in Greek [it is] Apollyon.[fn]

12 The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes [are] still to follow