Revelation of John 9:2-11

2He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft arose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and bthe sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3Then from the smoke came clocusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4They were told dnot to harm ethe grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have fthe seal of God on their foreheads. 5They were allowed to torment them gfor five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6And in those days hpeople will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

7 iIn appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: jon their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were klike human faces, 8their hair like women’s hair, and ltheir teeth like lions’ teeth; 9they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was mlike the noise of many chariots with nhorses rushing into battle. 10They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people ofor five months is in their tails. 11They have pas king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is qAbaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
 Abaddon means destruction;  Apollyon means destroyer


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