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Then the ^(C1)fifth angel sounded, and I saw a ^(C2)star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the ^(C3)key to the ^(C4)shaft of the abyss was given to him.

He opened the shaft of the abyss, and ^(C1)smoke ascended out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace; and ^(C2)the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the shaft.

Then out of the smoke came ^(C1)locusts ^(F1)upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ^(C2)scorpions of the earth have power.

They were told not to ^(C1)hurt the ^(C2)grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the people who do not have the ^(C3)seal of God on their foreheads.

And ^(F1)they were not permitted to kill ^(F2)anyone, but to torment for ^(C1)five months; and their torment was like the torment of a ^(C2)scorpion when it ^(F3)stings a person.

And in those days ^(C1)people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death ^(F1)will flee from them!

The ^(F1)(C1)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 human faces.

They had hair like the hair of women, and their ^(C1)teeth were like the teeth of lions.

They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the ^(C1)sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle.

They have tails like ^(C1)scorpions, and stings; and in their ^(C2)tails is their power to hurt people for ^(C3)five months.

They have as king over them, the angel of the ^(C1)abyss; his name in ^(C2)Hebrew is ^(F1)(C3)Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name ^(F2)Apollyon.