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.