The Fifth Trumpet—the Bottomless Pit

Then the (A)fifth angel sounded, and I saw a (B)star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the (C)key of the [a](D)bottomless pit was given to him. He opened the [b]bottomless pit, and (E)smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and (F)the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. Then out of the smoke came (G)locusts [c]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the (H)scorpions of the earth have power.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:1 Lit shaft of the abyss
  2. Revelation 9:2 V 1, note 1
  3. Revelation 9:3 Lit into

The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth.(A) The star was given the key(B) to the shaft of the Abyss.(C) When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.(D) The sun and sky were darkened(E) by the smoke from the Abyss.(F) And out of the smoke locusts(G) came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions(H) of the earth.

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