Rev 9:1-12 | ESV | STEP | And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth , and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit .

Revelation of John 9:1-12

1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and ^aI saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given ^bthe key to the shaft of ^cthe bottomless pit. ^{▼▼Greek the abyss; also verses 2, 11} 2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft ^erose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and ^fthe sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came ^glocusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told ^hnot to harm ⁱthe grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have ^jthe seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were allowed to torment them ^kfor five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6 And in those days ^lpeople will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

7 ^mIn appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: ⁿon their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were ^olike human faces, 8 their hair like women’s hair, and ^ptheir teeth like lions’ teeth; 9 they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was ^qlike the noise of many chariots with ^rhorses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people ^sfor five months is in their tails. 11 They have ^tas king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is ^uAbaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. ^{▼▼ Abaddon means destruction; Apollyon means destroyer}

12 ^wThe first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.