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The Revelation of St. John the Divine

Literal Standard Version :: World English Bible Catholic

- Kapitel 9 -

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And the fifth messenger sounded the trumpet, and I saw a star having fallen to the earth out of Heaven, and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss,
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and [he] opened the pit of the abyss, and there came up a smoke out of the pit as smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the pit.
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And out of the smoke came forth locusts to the earth, and there was given to them authority, as scorpions of the earth have authority,
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and it was said to them that they may not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads,
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and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment—as the torment of a scorpionwhen it may strike a man;
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and in those days men will seek death and they will not find it, and they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
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And the likenesses of the locusts—like to horses made ready to battle, and on their heads [something] as garlands like gold, and their faces as faces of men,
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and they had hair as hair of women, and their teeth were as [those] of lions,
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and they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wingsas the noise of chariots of many horses running to battle;
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and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority [is] to injure men five months;
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and they have over them a kingthe messenger of the abyss—a name [is] to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he has a name, Apollyon.
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The first woe went forth, behold, there yet come two woes after these things.

The Sixth Trumpet

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And the sixth messenger sounded the trumpet, and I heard a voice out of the four horns of the altar of gold that is before God,
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saying to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, “Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates”;
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and the four messengers were loosed, who have been made ready for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may kill the third of mankind;
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and the number of the forces of the horsemen—twice ten thousand ten thousands, and I heard the number of them.
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And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting on them, having breastplates of fire, and jacinth, and brimstone; and the heads of the horses [are] as heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceed fire, and smoke, and brimstone;
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by these three plagues the third of mankind was killed, from the fire, and from the smoke, and from the brimstone, that is proceeding out of their mouths,
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for the power of the horses are in their mouth, and in their tails, for their tails [are] like serpents, having heads, and they injure with them.
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And the rest of mankind, who were not killed in these plagues, neither converted from the works of their hands, that they may not worship the demons, and idols, those of gold, and those of silver, and those of brass, and those of stone, and those of wood, that are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk,
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and they did not convert from their murders, nor from their sorceries, nor from their whoredoms, nor from their thefts.
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The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
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He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a (a) burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.
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Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have Gods seal on their foreheads.
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They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.
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In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
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The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people’s faces.
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They had hair like womens hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
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They had breastplates like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses rushing to war.
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They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
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They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”,(b) but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon”.(c)
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The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.

The Sixth Trumpet

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The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,
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saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”
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The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.
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The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million.(d) I heard the number of them.
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Thus I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the horsesheads resembled lionsheads. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
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By these three plagues, one third of mankind was killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
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For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads; and with them they harm.
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The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which cant see, hear, or walk.
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They didn’t repent of their murders, their sorceries,(e) their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

Fußnoten

(a)9:2 TR adds “great”
(b)9:11 “Abaddon” is a Hebrew word that means “ruin”, “destruction”, or “the place of destruction”
(c)9:11 “Apollyon” means “Destroyer”.
(d)9:16 literally, “ten thousands of ten thousands”
(e)9:21 The word for “sorceries” (pharmakeia) also implies the use of potions, poisons, and drugs