Rev 9 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then the fifth angel sounded , and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth ; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him.

Revelation of John 9

The Fifth Trumpet— the Bottomless Pit

1 Then the ^afifth angel sounded, and I saw a ^bstar from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the ^ckey of the ^{▼▼ Lit shaft of the abyss
,} ^ebottomless pit was given to him. 2 He opened the ^{▼▼ V 1, note 1}bottomless pit, and ^gsmoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and ^hthe sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. 3 Then out of the smoke came ⁱlocusts ^{▼▼ Lit into}upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ^kscorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were told not to ^lhurt the ^mgrass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the ⁿseal of God on their foreheads. 5 And ^{▼▼ Lit it was given to them}they were not permitted to kill ^{▼▼ Lit them}anyone, but to torment for ^qfive months; and their torment was like the torment of a ^rscorpion when it ^{▼▼ Lit strikes}stings a man. 6 And in those days ^tmen will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

7 The ^{▼▼ Lit likenesses
,} ^vappearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8 They had hair like the hair of women, and their ^wteeth were like the teeth of lions. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the ^xsound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. 10 They have tails like ^yscorpions, and stings; and in their ^ztails is their power to hurt men for ^aafive months. 11 They have as king over them, the angel of the ^ababyss; his name in ^acHebrew is ^{▼▼ I.e. destruction
,} ^aeAbaddon, and in the Greek he has the name ^{▼▼ I.e. destroyer}Apollyon.

12 ^agThe first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

The Sixth Trumpet— Army from the East

13 Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard ^{▼▼ Lit one voice}a voice from the ^{▼▼ Two early mss do not contain four}four ^ajhorns of the ^akgolden altar which is before God, 14 one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the ^alfour angels who are bound at the ^amgreat river Euphrates.” 15 And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were ^anreleased, so that they would kill a ^aothird of ^{▼▼ Gr anthropoi}mankind. 16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was ^aqtwo hundred million; ^arI heard the number of them. 17 And ^{▼▼ Lit thus I saw}this is how I saw ^atin the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of ^{▼▼ I.e. burning sulphur
,} ^avbrimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and ^awout of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and ^{▼▼ I.e. burning sulphur
,} ^aybrimstone. 18 A ^azthird of ^{▼▼ Gr anthropoi}mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the ^bbfire and the smoke and the ^{▼▼ I.e. burning sulphur}brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.

20 The rest of ^{▼▼ Gr anthropoi}mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^bedid not repent of ^bfthe works of their hands, so as not to ^bgworship demons, and ^bhthe idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; 21 and they ^bidid not repent of their murders nor of their ^bjsorceries nor of their ^bkimmorality nor of their thefts.