9 Then the ^(A)fifth angel sounded. Then I saw a ^(B)star from heaven which had fallen to the earth, and the ^(C)key of the ^(D)pit of the abyss was given to him. ² And he opened the pit of the abyss 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. ³ Then out of the smoke came ^(G)locusts ^[a]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ^(H)scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴ And they 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. ⁵ And ^[b]they were not permitted to kill ^[c]anyone, but to torment for ^(L)five months, and their torment was like the torment of a ^(M)scorpion when it ^[d]stings a man. ⁶ And in those days ^(N)men will seek death and will never find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

⁷ And the ^[e](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. ⁸ And they had hair like the hair of women, and their ^(P)teeth were like the teeth of lions. ⁹ And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the ^(Q)sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses running to battle. ¹⁰ And they have tails like ^(R)scorpions, and stings; and in their ^(S)tails is their power to hurt men for ^(T)five months. ¹¹ They have as king over them, the angel of the ^(U)abyss. His name in ^(V)Hebrew is ^[f](W)Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name ^[g]Apollyon.

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

¹³ Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard ^[h]a voice from the ^[i]four ^(Y)horns of the ^(Z)golden altar which is before God, ¹⁴ one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the ^(AA)four angels who have been bound at the ^(AB)great river Euphrates.” ¹⁵ And the four angels were ^(AC)released, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill a ^(AD)third of ^[j]mankind. ¹⁶ And the number of the armies of the horsemen was ^(AE)two hundred million; ^(AF)I heard the number of them. ¹⁷ And ^[k]this is how I saw ^(AG)in the vision the horses and those who sit on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of ^[l](AH)brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and ^(AI)out of their mouths come fire and smoke and ^[m](AJ)brimstone. ¹⁸ A ^(AK)third of ^[n]mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the ^(AL)fire and the smoke and the ^[o]brimstone which came 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, having heads, and with them they do harm.

²⁰ And the rest of ^[p]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. ²¹ And they ^(AQ)did not repent of their murders nor of their ^(AR)sorceries nor of their ^(AS)sexual immorality nor of their thefts.