The Fifth Trumpet—the Bottomless Pit

9 Then 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 ^[a](D)bottomless pit was given to him. ² He opened the ^[b]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. ³ Then out of the smoke came ^(G)locusts ^[c]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ^(H)scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴ 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 ^[d]they were not permitted to kill ^[e]anyone, but to torment for ^(L)five months; and their torment was like the torment of a ^(M)scorpion when it ^[f]stings a man. ⁶ And in those days ^(N)men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

⁷ The ^[g](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 They had hair like the hair of women, and their ^(P)teeth were like the teeth of lions. ⁹ They 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. ¹⁰ 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 ^[h](W)Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name ^[i]Apollyon.

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