The Fifth Trumpet 1 UDB Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. God gave it the key to the shaft that went down but had no ending. BSB BSB: Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
2 UDB When he opened that shaft, smoke rose from it like smoke from a great burning furnace. The smoke prevented anyone from seeing the light of the sun and the sky. BSB BSB: The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
3 UDB Locusts also came out of the smoke onto the earth. God gave them power to sting people as scorpions sting people. BSB BSB: And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
4 UDB God told the locusts that they should not harm the grass of the earth or any plants or any tree. God said that they should harm only those people who did not have the mark on their foreheads to show that they belonged to God. BSB BSB: They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 UDB God did not allow the locusts to kill those people. Instead, the locusts kept torturing people for five months. The pain those people felt was like the pain that a scorpion causes when it stings someone. BSB BSB: The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
6 UDB During the time when the locusts torture rebellious people, the pain will be so bad that people will want to find a way to die, but they will not find any way. They will long to die, but they will not be able to die. BSB BSB: In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
7 UDB The locusts looked like horses that are ready for battle. They had on their heads what looked like golden crowns. Their faces were like the faces of people. BSB BSB: And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads; and their faces were like the faces of men.
8 UDB They had long hair like women's long hair. Their teeth were as strong as lions' teeth. BSB BSB: They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.
9 UDB They wore breastplates made of metal. When they were flying, their wings made a noise like the roar of many horses pulling chariots as they are rushing into battle. BSB BSB: They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
10 UDB They had tails like tails of scorpions. With these tails they could sting people. Their power to harm people during those five months was in their tails. BSB BSB: They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
11 UDB The king who ruled over them was the angel of the shaft that went down but had no ending. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon. In the Greek language it is Apollyon. Both of these names mean "Destroyer." BSB BSB: They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
12 UDB That ended the first terrible event. But be aware that two more terrible events are still to come. BSB BSB: The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.
The Sixth Trumpet 13 UDB Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four corners of the golden altar that is in God's presence. BSB BSB: Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
14 UDB That voice was saying to the sixth angel, the one who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are tied up at the great river Euphrates." BSB BSB: saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
15 UDB Then those four angels went free. They were the angels who were waiting for that exact hour of that day, month, and year. They went free in order that they might help their soldiers kill one-third of the people. BSB BSB: So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
16 UDB The number of those soldiers riding on horses was two hundred million. I heard someone say how many there were. BSB BSB: And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.
17 UDB In the vision I saw what the horses and the soldiers who rode them looked like. The soldiers wore breastplates that were red like fire, dusky blue like smoke, and yellow like sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. From their mouths came fire, smoke, and fumes of burning sulfur. BSB BSB: Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
18 UDB Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the burning sulfur from the horses' mouths—killed one-third of the people. BSB BSB: A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
19 UDB The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails. Their tails had heads like snakes by which they harmed people. BSB BSB: For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.
20 UDB But the rest of the people, those who were not killed by the plagues of fire and smoke and burning sulfur, did not turn from the sinful things they were doing. They did not stop worshiping demons or the idols that they themselves had made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood. The people did not stop worshiping them, even though they were idols that could not see, hear, or walk. BSB BSB: Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
21 UDB They did not stop murdering people or practicing sorcery or acting in sexually immoral ways or stealing things. BSB BSB: Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.
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