AND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the
earth; and to him was given the key of the pit of the abyss _of hell_.
(2)And he opened the pit of the abyss; and a smoke ascended out of the
pit like the smoke of a vast furnace; and the sun and the air were
darkened by the smoke of the pit. (3)And out of the smoke came forth
locusts upon the earth; and power was given to them, such power as the
scorpions of the earth possess. (4)And it was told them, Hurt not the
grass of the earth, nor any herb, nor any tree, but only those men who
have not the seal of God in their foreheads. (5)And it was given them
in charge that they should not kill these men outright, but that they
should be tormented five months: and their torment is as the torment of
a scorpion when he striketh a man. (6)And in those days shall men seek
death, and shall not find it; and shall earnestly desire to die, and
death shall fly from them. (7)And the figures of the locusts were like
horses equipped for war; and upon their heads there were as crowns,
like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. (8)And they had
hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of
lions. (9)And they had breastplates, as breastplates of iron: and the
sound of their wings was as the rumbling of chariots of many horses
rushing to battle. (10)And they had tails like scorpions, and there
were stings in their tails: and they had power to hurt men five months.
(11)And they had over them a king, the angel of the abyss _of hell_,
whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Appollyon.
(12)One woe is past; and, behold, there are coming yet two woes after
these.
(13)And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a great voice from the
four horns of the altar of gold which is before God, (14)saying to the
sixth angel who held the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound
at the great river Euphrates. (15)And the four angels were loosed, who
were ready at the hour, and day, and month, and year, to kill the third
part of mankind. (16)And the number of the armies of cavalry was two
myriads of myriads and I heard the number of them. (17)And in this
manner saw I the horses in the vision, and those who were mounted upon
them, having breastplates of the colour of fire, and jacinth, and
sulphur; and the horses' heads were as the heads of lions; and out of
their mouths proceeded fire and smoke and brimstone. (18)By these three
were slain the third part of mankind, by the fire, and by the smoke,
and by the sulphur, which proceeded out of their mouths. (19)For their
powers are in their mouth, and in their tails; for their tails are like
serpents, having heads, and with them they do hurt. (20)And the residue
of mankind, who were not slain by these plagues, repented not of the
works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of
gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of wood, and of stone: which can
neither see nor hear, nor walk: (21)and they repented not of their
murders, nor of their magical arts, nor of their whoredom, nor of their
thefts.