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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And in those days ⁽ⁿ⁾men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

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.

They had hair like the hair of women, and their ^(p)teeth were like the teeth of lions.

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.

They have tails like ^(r)scorpions, and stings; and in their ^(s)tails is their power to hurt men for ^(t)five months.

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.