of the smoke of the pit.
009:003 And from the midst of the smoke there came locusts on to
the earth, and power was given to them resembling the power
which earthly scorpions possess.
009:004 And they were forbidden to injure the herbage of the earth, or any
green thing, or any tree. They were only to injure human beings--
those who have not the seal of God on their foreheads.
009:005 Their mission was not to kill, but to cause awful agony for
five months; and this agony was like that which a scorpion
inflicts when it stings a man.
009:006 And at that time people will seek death, but will by no possibility
find it, and will long to die, but death evades them.
009:007 The appearance of the locusts was like that of horses equipped
for war. On their heads they had wreaths which looked like gold.
009:008 Their faces seemed human and they had hair like women's hair,
but their teeth resembled those of lions.
009:009 They had breast-plates which seemed to be made of steel;
and the noise caused by their wings was like that of a vast
number of horses and chariots hurrying into battle.
009:010 They had tails like those of scorpions, and also stings;
and in their tails lay their power of injuring mankind
for five months.
009:011 The locusts had a king over them--the angel of the bottomless pit,
whose name in Hebrew is `Abaddon,' while in the Greek
he is called `Apollyon.'
009:012 The first woe is past; two other woes have still to come.
009:013 The sixth angel blew his trumpet; and I heard a single voice
speaking from among the horns of the golden incense altar
which is in the presence of God.
009:014 It said to the sixth angel--the angel who had the trumpet,