7And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared for battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. 8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9And they had breastplates, as breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running into battle. 10And they have tails like to scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men, five months. 11They have over them a king, the angel of the abyss. His name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon; but in the Greek tongue he has for a name, Apollyon.
12The first woe is past; behold, there come yet two woes, after these things.
13And the sixth angel sounded; and I heard a voice out of the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet: Loose the four angels who are bound, by the great river Euphrates. 15And the four angels were loosed, who had been prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may slay the third part of men. 16And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred thousand thousand. I heard the number of them.
17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of hyacinth, and like brimstone; and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions, and out of their mouths issue fire, and smoke, and brimstone. 18By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and the smoke, and the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. 19For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails; for their tails are like to serpents, having heads, and with them they do hurt. 20And the rest of men, who were not killed in 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 stone, and of wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk; 21and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
X. And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire. 2And he had in his hand a little book opened. And he set his right foot upon the sea, and the left upon the land; 3and he cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars; and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices. 4And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; and I heard a voice out of heaven saying to me: Seal up the things which the seven thunders spoke, and write them not. 5And the angel, whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the land, lifted up his right hand to heaven, 6and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things therein, and the earth and the things therein, and the sea and the things therein, that there shall be time[6] no longer; 7but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is the mystery of God finished, as he gave the joyful message to his servants the prophets.
8And the voice which I heard out of heaven [I heard] again speaking to me, and saying: Go, take the little book which lies opened in the hand of the angel, who stands upon the sea and upon the land. 9And I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he said to me: Take, and eat it up; and it will make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it will be sweet as honey.
10And I took the little book out of the hand of the angel, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth as honey, sweet; and when I had eaten it, my belly became bitter. 11And they say to me: Thou must again prophesy of many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
XI. And there was given me a reed, like to a staff, saying: Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship therein. 2And the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; because it was given to the Gentiles, and they will tread down the holy city forty-two months. 3And I will give [power] to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
4These are the two olive-trees, and the two lamp-stands, which stand before the Lord of the earth. 5And if any one desires to hurt them, fire goes forth out of their mouth, and devours their enemies; and if any one desires to hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy; and have power over the waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they will.