Andthefifthangelsounded, andI sawa starfallfromheavenuntotheearth: andto himwas giventhekeyof thebottomlesspit. Andhe openedthebottomlesspit; andthere arosea smokeout ofthepit, asthe smokeof a greatfurnace; andthesunandtheairwere darkenedby reason ofthesmokeof thepit. Andthere cameout ofthesmokelocustsupontheearth: andunto themwas givenpower, asthescorpionsof theearthhavepower. Andit was commandedthemthatthey should nothurtthegrassof theearth, neitheranygreen thing, neitheranytree; butonlythose menwhichhavenotthesealof Godintheirforeheads. Andto themit was giventhatthey should notkillthem, butthatthey should be tormentedfivemonths: andtheirtorment was the tormentof a scorpion, whenhe striketha man. Andinthosedaysshall menseekdeath, andshall notfindit; andshall desireto die, anddeathshall fleefromthem. Andtheshapesof thelocusts were like untohorsesprepareduntobattle; andontheirheads were as it werecrownslikegold, andtheirfaces were asthe facesof men. Andthey hadhairasthe hairof women, andtheirteethwereas the teeth of lions. Andthey hadbreastplates, as it werebreastplatesof iron; andthesoundof theirwings was asthe soundof chariotsof manyhorsesrunningtobattle. Andthey hadtailslike untoscorpions, andthere werestingsintheirtails: andtheirpower was to hurtmenfivemonths. Andthey hada kingoverthem, which is theangelof thebottomless pit, whosenamein the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, butintheGreek tonguehath his nameApollyon. Onewoeis past; and, behold, there cometwowoesmorehereafter. Andthesixthangelsounded, andI heardavoicefromthefourhornsof thegoldenaltarwhichis beforeGod, Sayingto thesixthangelwhichhadthetrumpet, Loosethefourangelswhich are boundinthegreatriverEuphrates. Andthefourangelswere loosed, which were preparedforan hour, anda day, anda month, anda year, for toslaythethird partof men. Andthenumberof the armyof thehorsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: andI heardthenumberof them. AndthusI sawthehorsesinthevision, andthem that satonthem, havingbreastplatesof fire, andof jacinth, andbrimstone: andtheheadsof thehorses were asthe headsof lions; andout oftheirmouthsissuedfireandsmokeandbrimstone. Bythesethreewas thethird partof menkilled, bythefire, andbythesmoke, andbythebrimstone, which issuedout oftheirmouths. Fortheirpowerisintheirmouth, andintheirtails: fortheirtails were like untoserpents, and hadheads, andwiththemthey do hurt. Andtherestof themenwhichwere notkilledbytheseplaguesyet repented notoftheworksof theirhands, thatthey should notworshipdevils, andidolsof gold, andsilver, andbrass, andstone, andof wood: whichneithercansee, norhear, norwalk: Neitherrepentedthey oftheirmurders, noroftheirsorceries, noroftheirfornication, noroftheirthefts.