9 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and ^(A)I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given ^(B)the key to the shaft of ^(C)the bottomless pit.^{[a] 2} He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft ^(D)rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and ^(E)the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. ³ Then from the smoke came ^(F)locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. ⁴ They were told ^(G)not to harm ^(H)the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have ^(I)the seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ They were allowed to torment them ^(J)for 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 ^(K)people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

^7 (L)In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: ^(M)on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were ^(N)like human faces, ⁸ their hair like women's hair, and ^(O)their teeth like lions' teeth; ⁹ they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was ^(P)like the noise of many chariots with ^(Q)horses rushing into battle. ¹⁰ They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people ^(R)for five months is in their tails. ¹¹ They have ^(S)as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is ^(T)Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.^[b]

^12 (U)The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.

¹³ Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from ^(V)the four horns of the golden altar before God, ¹⁴ saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release ^(W)the four angels who are bound at ^(X)the great river Euphrates.” ¹⁵ So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released ^(Y)to kill a third of mankind. ¹⁶ The number of ^(Z)mounted troops was ^(AA)twice ten thousand times ten thousand; ^(AB)I heard their number. ¹⁷ And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire^[c] and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were ^(AC)like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. ¹⁸ By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming 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 with heads, and by means of them they wound.

²⁰ The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^(AD)did not repent of ^(AE)the works of their hands nor give up worshiping ^(AF)demons ^(AG)and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, ²¹ nor did they repent of their murders or their ^(AH)sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

28 The word of the Lord came to me: ^2 (A)“Son of man, say to ^(B)the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:

A Lament over the King of Tyre

¹¹ Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me: ^12 (V)“Son of man, ^(W)raise a lamentation over ^(X)the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

Prophecy Against Sidon

²⁰ The word of the Lord came to me: ^21 (AQ)“Son of man, ^(AR)set your face toward ^(AS)Sidon, and ^(AT)prophesy against her ²² and say, Thus says the Lord God:

²⁴ “And for the house of Israel ^(BA)there shall be no more a brier to prick or ^(BB)a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors ^(BC)who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

Israel Gathered in Security

²⁵ “Thus says the Lord God: ^(BD)When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and ^(BE)manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, ^(BF)then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. ^26 (BG)And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, ^(BH)when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors ^(BI)who have treated them with contempt. ^(BJ)Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”

Teach Me Your Paths

^[a] Of David.

⁵ Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? ⁶ And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. ⁷ For ^(A)the mystery of lawlessness ^(B)is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. ⁸ And then ^(C)the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus ^(D)will kill with ^(E)the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by ^(F)the appearance of his coming.

⁶ And ^(A)the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—

¹² For ^(A)we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against ^(B)the rulers, against the authorities, against ^(C)the cosmic powers over ^(D)this present darkness, against ^(E)the spiritual forces of evil ^(F)in the heavenly places.

¹⁸ And he said to them, ^(A)“I saw Satan ^(B)fall like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹ Behold, I have given you authority ^(C)to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of ^(D)the enemy, and ^(E)nothing shall hurt you. ^20 (F)Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that ^(G)your names are written in heaven.”