New American Standard Bible 2020

Revelation 9:1-12

1Then the 1fifth angel sounded, and I saw a 2star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the 3key to the 4shaft of the abyss was given to him. 2He opened the shaft of the abyss, and 5smoke ascended out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace; and 6the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the shaft. 3Then out of the smoke came 7locusts 8upon the earth, and power was given them, as the 9scorpions of the earth have power. 4They were told not to 10hurt the 11grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the people who do not have the 12seal of God on their foreheads. 5And 13they were not permitted to kill 14anyone, but to torment for 15five months; and their torment was like the torment of a 16scorpion when it 17stings a person. 6And in those days 18people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death 19will flee from them!

7The 20 21appearance 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. 8They had hair like the hair of women, and their 22teeth were like the teeth of lions. 9They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the 23sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. 10They have tails like 24scorpions, and stings; and in their 25tails is their power to hurt people for 26five months. 11They have as king over them, the angel of the 27abyss; his name in 28Hebrew is 29 30Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name 31Apollyon.

12 32The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

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Notes

1. Revelation 9:1 Rev 8:2 ↩
2. Revelation 9:1 Rev 8:10 ↩
3. Revelation 9:1 Rev 1:18 ↩
4. Revelation 9:1 Luke 8:31; Rev 9:2, 11 ↩
5. Revelation 9:2 Gen 19:28; Ex 19:18 ↩
6. Revelation 9:2 Joel 2:2, 10 ↩
7. Revelation 9:3 Ex 10:12-15; Rev 9:7 ↩
8. Revelation 9:3 Lit into ↩
9. Revelation 9:3 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:5, 10 ↩
10. Revelation 9:4 Rev 6:6 ↩
11. Revelation 9:4 Rev 8:7 ↩
12. Revelation 9:4 Ezek 9:4; Rev 7:2, 3 ↩
13. Revelation 9:5 Lit it was given to them ↩
14. Revelation 9:5 Lit them ↩
15. Revelation 9:5 Rev 9:10 ↩
16. Revelation 9:5 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:3, 10 ↩
17. Revelation 9:5 Lit strikes ↩
18. Revelation 9:6 Job 3:21; 7:15; Jer 8:3; Rev 6:16 ↩
19. Revelation 9:6 Lit flees (intensive expression) ↩
20. Revelation 9:7 Lit likenesses ↩
21. Revelation 9:7 Joel 2:4 ↩
22. Revelation 9:8 Joel 1:6 ↩
23. Revelation 9:9 Jer 47:3; Joel 2:5 ↩
24. Revelation 9:10 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:3, 5 ↩
25. Revelation 9:10 Rev 9:19 ↩
26. Revelation 9:10 Rev 9:5 ↩
27. Revelation 9:11 Luke 8:31; Rev 9:1, 2 ↩
28. Revelation 9:11 John 5:2; Rev 16:16 ↩
29. Revelation 9:11 I.e., destruction ↩
30. Revelation 9:11 Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Ps 88:11 mg; Prov 15:11 ↩
31. Revelation 9:11 I.e., destroyer ↩
32. Revelation 9:12 Rev 8:13; 11:14 ↩

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