Rev 9:5-6 | MHM | STEP | v. 5 : The locusts are allowed to torment people for five months, but they cannot kill them. Their torment is described as the sting of a scorpion (Revelation 9:5 ). The five months may symbolize a limited period of suffering. The torment is severe, causing pain and despair but not leading to death, emphasizing that this is a time of testing and warning.

‏ Revelation of John 9:5-6

v. 5: The locusts are allowed to torment people for five months, but they cannot kill them. Their torment is described as the sting of a scorpion (Revelation 9:5 ^a). The five months may symbolize a limited period of suffering. The torment is severe, causing pain and despair but not leading to death, emphasizing that this is a time of testing and warning.

v. 6: During this time, people will seek death but will not find it; they will desire to die, but death will flee from them (Revelation 9:6 ^b). This highlights the intense suffering and hopelessness caused by spiritual torment, where people long for an escape but cannot find relief.