Revelation 9-12 (New American Standard Bible)

Revelation 9

The Fifth Trumpet--the Bottomless Pit

 ¹Then the ^(A)fifth angel sounded, and I saw a ^(B)star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the ^(C)key of the ^(D)bottomless pit was given to him.

 ²He opened the bottomless pit, and ^(E)smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and ^(F)the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.

 ³Then out of the smoke came ^(G)locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ^(H)scorpions of the earth have power.

 ⁴They were told not to ^(I)hurt the ^(J)grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the ^(K)seal of God on their foreheads.

 ⁵And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for ^(L)five months; and their torment was like the torment of a ^(M)scorpion when it stings a man.

 ⁶And in those days ^(N)men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

 ⁷The ^(O)appearance 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.

 ⁸They had hair like the hair of women, and their ^(P)teeth were like the teeth of lions.

 ⁹They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the ^(Q)sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle.

 ¹⁰They have tails like ^(R)scorpions, and stings; and in their ^(S)tails is their power to hurt men for ^(T)five months.

 ¹¹They have as king over them, the angel of the ^(U)abyss; his name in ^(V)Hebrew is ^[a](W)Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.

 ^12(X)The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

The Sixth Trumpet--Army from the East

 ¹³Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the ^[b]four ^(Y)horns of the ^(Z)golden altar which is before God,

 ¹⁴one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the ^(AA)four angels who are bound at the ^(AB)great river Euphrates."

 ¹⁵And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were ^(AC)released, so that they would kill a ^(AD)third of mankind.

 ¹⁶The number of the armies of the horsemen was ^(AE)two hundred million; ^(AF)I heard the number of them.

 ¹⁷And this is how I saw ^(AG)in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of ^(AH)brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and ^(AI)out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and ^(AJ)brimstone.

 ¹⁸A ^(AK)third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the ^(AL)fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths.

 ¹⁹For 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.

 ²⁰The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^(AM)did not repent of ^(AN)the works of their hands, so as not to ^(AO)worship demons, and ^(AP)the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

 ²¹and they ^(AQ)did not repent of their murders nor of their ^(AR)sorceries nor of their ^(AS)immorality nor of their thefts.

Revelation 10

The Angel and the Little Book

 ¹I saw another ^(AT)strong angel ^(AU)coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the ^(AV)rainbow was upon his head, and ^(AW)his face was like the sun, and his ^(AX)feet like pillars of fire;

 ²and he had in his hand a ^(AY)little book which was open He placed ^(AZ)his right foot on the sea and his left on the land;

 ³and he cried out with a loud voice, ^(BA)as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out, the ^(BB)seven peals of thunder uttered their voices.

 ⁴When the seven peals of thunder had spoken, ^(BC)I was about to write; and I ^(BD)heard a voice from heaven saying, "^(BE)Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them."

 ⁵Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land ^(BF)lifted up his right hand to heaven,

 ^6(BG)and swore by ^(BH)Him who lives forever and ever, ^(BI)WHO CREATED HEAVEN AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE EARTH AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE SEA AND THE THINGS IN IT, that ^(BJ)there will be delay no longer,

 ⁷but in the days of the voice of the ^(BK)seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then ^(BL)the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets.

 ⁸Then ^(BM)the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, "Go, take ^(BN)the book which is open in the hand of the angel who ^(BO)stands on the sea and on the land."

 ⁹So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he said to me, "^(BP)Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey."

 ¹⁰I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

 ¹¹And ^(BQ)they said to me, "You must ^(BR)prophesy again concerning ^(BS)many peoples and nations and tongues and ^(BT)kings."

Revelation 11

The Two Witnesses

 ¹Then there was given me a ^(BU)measuring rod like a staff; and ^(BV)someone said, "Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.

 ²"Leave out the ^(BW)court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for ^(BX)it has been given to the nations; and they will ^(BY)tread under foot ^(BZ)the holy city for ^(CA)forty-two months.

 ³"And I will grant authority to my two ^(CB)witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^(CC)twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in ^(CD)sackcloth."

 ⁴These are the ^(CE)two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

 ⁵And if anyone wants to harm them, ^(CF)fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, ^(CG)he must be killed in this way.

 ⁶These have the power to ^(CH)shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during ^(CI)the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to ^(CJ)turn them into blood, and ^(CK)to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

 ⁷When they have finished their testimony, ^(CL)the beast that comes up out of the ^(CM)abyss will ^(CN)make war with them, and overcome them and kill them.

 ⁸And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the ^(CO)great city which ^[c]mystically is called ^(CP)Sodom and ^(CQ)Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

 ⁹Those from ^(CR)the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead ^[d]bodies for three and a half days, and ^(CS)will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

 ¹⁰And ^(CT)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will ^(CU)send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ^(CV)those who dwell on the earth.

 ¹¹But after the three and a half days, ^(CW)the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them.

 ¹²And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "^(CX)Come up here " Then they ^(CY)went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.

 ¹³And in that hour there was a great ^(CZ)earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^(DA)gave glory to the ^(DB)God of heaven.

 ¹⁴The second ^(DC)woe is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet--Christ's Reign Foreseen

 ¹⁵Then the ^(DD)seventh angel sounded; and there were ^(DE)loud voices in heaven, saying, "^(DF)The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(DG)His ^[e]Christ; and ^(DH)He will reign forever and ever."

 ¹⁶And the twenty-four elders, who ^(DI)sit on their thrones before God, ^(DJ)fell on their faces and worshiped God,

 ¹⁷saying, "We give You thanks, ^(DK)O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to ^(DL)reign.

 ¹⁸"And ^(DM)the nations were enraged, and ^(DN)Your wrath came, and ^(DO)the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your ^(DP)bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, ^(DQ)the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

 ¹⁹And ^(DR)the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and ^(DS)the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of ^(DT)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a ^(DU)great hailstorm.

Revelation 12

The Woman, Israel

 ¹A great ^(DV)sign appeared ^(DW)in heaven: ^(DX)a woman ^(DY)clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;

 ²and she was with child; and she ^(DZ)cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.

The Red Dragon, Satan

 ³Then ^(EA)another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red ^(EB)dragon having ^(EC)seven heads and ^(ED)ten horns, and on his heads were ^(EE)seven diadems.

 ⁴And his tail swept away a ^(EF)third of the stars of heaven and ^(EG)threw them to the earth And the ^(EH)dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth ^(EI)he might devour her child.

The Male Child, Christ

 ⁵And ^(EJ)she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to ^(EK)rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was ^(EL)caught up to God and to His throne.

 ⁶Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for ^(EM)one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

The Angel, Michael

 ⁷And there was war in heaven, ^(EN)Michael and his angels waging war with the ^(EO)dragon The dragon and ^(EP)his angels waged war,

 ⁸and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.

 ⁹And the great ^(EQ)dragon was thrown down, the ^(ER)serpent of old who is called the devil and ^(ES)Satan, who ^(ET)deceives the whole world; he was ^(EU)thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

 ¹⁰Then I heard ^(EV)a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the ^(EW)salvation, and the power, and the ^(EX)kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the ^(EY)accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.

 ¹¹"And they ^(EZ)overcame him because of ^(FA)the blood of the Lamb and because of ^(FB)the word of their testimony, and they ^(FC)did not love their life even when faced with death.

 ¹²"For this reason, ^(FD)rejoice, O heavens and ^(FE)you who dwell in them ^(FF)Woe to the earth and the sea, because ^(FG)the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only ^(FH)a short time."

 ¹³And when the ^(FI)dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted ^(FJ)the woman who gave birth to the male child.

 ¹⁴But the ^(FK)two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly ^(FL)into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for ^(FM)a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.

 ¹⁵And the ^(FN)serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

 ¹⁶But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.

 ¹⁷So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to ^(FO)make war with the rest of her ^(FP)children, who ^(FQ)keep the commandments of God and ^(FR)hold to the testimony of Jesus.