Revelation 9:10-19

10They had poison in their tails, like scorpions. They had power to attack people with their tails and to cause them pain for five months.

11The king that ruled them was the angel of the deep hole. His name is ‘Abaddon’ in the Hebrew language. In the Greek language his name is ‘Apollyon’.

12The first great trouble has now finished. But after all these things, there are two more great troubles still to come.

13Then the sixth angel made a sound with his trumpet. I heard a voice that spoke to him from the four corners of the gold altar. This altar is near to God himself.

14The voice said to the sixth angel, ‘There are four angels at the great Euphrates river. Someone has tied them so that they cannot move. You must go and undo them!’

15So the four angels now became free. God had kept them ready for that special time, for that hour, in that day, in that month, in that year. They were now ready to kill a third of people everywhere.

16I heard how many soldiers there were in their great army. There were 200 million soldiers who rode on horses.

17In my vision, I saw the soldiers and their horses. The soldiers had shields over the front of their bodies. The shields had many colours. They were bright red like fire, bright blue, and yellow like sulphur. The horses' heads looked like lions' heads. Fire, smoke and sulphur came out of their mouths.

18The fire, the smoke and the sulphur killed people. These three dangerous things killed a third of people everywhere.

19The horses had great power in their mouths and in their tails. Their tails were like snakes, with heads that could hurt people very much.