¹⁰ “Have you not put a hedge^(A) around him and his household and everything he has?^(B) You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.^(C)

¹⁰ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind^(A) and you will devise an evil scheme.^(B)

¹¹ You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people^(A)—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.^(B)

¹⁴ “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety,^(A) will you not take notice of it? ¹⁵ You will come from your place in the far north,^(B) you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army.^{(C) 16} You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud^(D) that covers the land.^(E) In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy^(F) through you before their eyes.^(G)

9 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth.^(A) The star was given the key^(B) to the shaft of the Abyss.^(C)

³ And out of the smoke locusts^(A) came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions^(B) of the earth.

⁴ They were told not to harm^(A) the grass of the earth or any plant or tree,^(B) but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.^(C)

⁷ The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle.^(A) On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.^(B)

²³ “He gave me this explanation: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it.^(A)