CHAPTER 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.
The star opened
the
pit
of the
Abyss,
and
smoke
rose
out of
it
like
the smoke
of a great
furnace,
and
the
sun
and
the
air
were darkened
by
the
smoke
from the
pit.
And
out of
the
smoke,
locusts
descended on
the
earth,
and
they
were given
power
like
that of
the
scorpions
of the
earth.
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.
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.
In
those
days
men
will seek
death
and
will not find
it;
they will long
to die,
but
death
will escape
them.
And
the
locusts
looked
like
horses
prepared
for
battle,
with something
like
crowns
of gold
on
their
heads,
and
faces
like
the faces
of men.
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.
They had
tails
with
stingers
like
scorpions,
which
had
the
power
to injure
people
for five
months.
They were ruled by
a king,
the
angel
of the
Abyss.
His
name
in Hebrew
is Abaddon,
and
in
Greek
it is
Apollyon.
Then
the
sixth
angel
sounded his trumpet,
and
I heard
a
voice
from
the
four
horns
of the
golden
altar
before
God
saying
to the
sixth
angel
with
the
trumpet,
“Release
the
four
angels
who
are bound
at
the
great
river
Euphrates.”
So
the
four
angels
who
had been prepared
for
this
hour
and
day
and
month
and
year
were released
to
kill
a
third
of mankind.
Now
the
horses
and
riders
in
my
vision
looked like
this:
The riders had
breastplates the colors of
fire,
sapphire,
and
brimstone.
The
heads
of the
horses were
like
the heads
of lions,
and
out of
their
mouths
came
fire,
smoke,
and
brimstone.
A
third
of
mankind
was killed
by
the
three
plagues
of
fire,
smoke,
and
brimstone
that
proceeded
from
their
mouths.
For
the
power
of the
horses
was
in
their
mouths
and
in
their
tails;
indeed,
their
tails
were like
snakes,
having
heads
with which
to inflict harm.
The
rest
of
mankind
who
were not killed
by
these
plagues
still did not repent
of
the
works
of their
hands.
They did not stop worshiping
demons
and
idols of
gold,
silver,
bronze,
stone,
and
wood,
which
cannot
see
or
hear
or
walk.