Rev 9 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then the fifth angel sounded , and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth ; and the key to the shaft of the abyss was given to him.

Revelation of John 9

The Fifth Trumpet: Shaft of the Abyss

1 Then the ^afifth angel sounded, and I saw a ^bstar from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the ^ckey to the ^dshaft of the abyss was given to him. 2 He opened the shaft of the abyss, and ^esmoke ascended out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace; and ^fthe sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the shaft. 3 Then out of the smoke came ^glocusts ^{▼▼Lit into}upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ⁱscorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were told not to ^jhurt the ^kgrass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the people who do not have the ^lseal 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 ^ofive months; and their torment was like the torment of a ^pscorpion when it ^{▼▼Lit strikes}stings a person. 6 And in those days ^rpeople will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death ^{▼▼Lit flees (intensive expression)}will flee from them!

7 The ^{▼▼Lit likenesses
,} ^uappearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces. 8 They had hair like the hair of women, and their ^vteeth were like the teeth of lions. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the ^wsound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. 10 They have tails like ^xscorpions, and stings; and in their ^ytails is their power to hurt people for ^zfive months. 11 They have as king over them, the angel of the ^aaabyss; his name in ^abHebrew is ^{▼▼I.e., destruction
,} ^adAbaddon, and in the Greek he has the name ^{▼▼I.e., destroyer}Apollyon.

12 ^afThe first woe has passed; 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 ^aihorns of the ^ajgolden altar which is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the ^akfour angels who are bound at the ^algreat river Euphrates.” 15 And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were ^amreleased, so that they would kill a ^anthird of mankind. 16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was ^aotwo hundred million; ^apI heard the number of them. 17 And this is how I saw ^aqin my vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire, of hyacinth, and of ^{▼▼I.e., burning sulfur
,} ^asbrimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and ^atout of their mouths *came fire and smoke and ^{▼▼I.e., burning sulfur
,} ^avbrimstone. 18 A ^awthird of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the ^axfire, the smoke, and the ^{▼▼I.e., burning sulfur}brimstone which came 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 mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^azdid not repent of ^bathe works of their hands so as not to ^bbworship demons and ^bcthe idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; 21 and they ^bddid not repent of their murders, nor of their ^bewitchcraft, nor of their ^bfsexual immorality, nor of their thefts.