Revelation 9:3-11

English Standard Version

³ Then from the smoke came ^(A)locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. ⁴ They were told ^(B)not to harm ^(C)the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have ^(D)the seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ They were allowed to torment them ^(E)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 ^(F)people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

^7 (G)In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: ^(H)on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were ^(I)like human faces, ⁸ their hair like women's hair, and ^(J)their teeth like lions' teeth; ⁹ they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was ^(K)like the noise of many chariots with ^(L)horses rushing into battle. ¹⁰ They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people ^(M)for five months is in their tails. ¹¹ They have ^(N)as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is ^(O)Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.^[a]