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10 They had tails like scorpions, with stingers; with their tails they had power to harm people for five months. 11 They had as their king the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon[a] and in Greek Apollyon.

12 The first woe has passed, but there are two more to come.

The Sixth Trumpet.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:11 Abaddon: Hebrew (more precisely, Aramaic) for destruction or ruin. Apollyon: Greek for the “Destroyer.”
  2. 9:13–21 The sixth trumpet heralds a woe representing another diabolical attack symbolized by an invasion by the Parthians living east of the Euphrates; see note on Rev 6:2. At the appointed time (Rev 9:15), the frightful horses act as God’s agents of judgment. The imaginative details are not to be taken literally; see Introduction and the note on Rev 6:12–14.

10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.(A) 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss,(B) whose name in Hebrew(C) is Abaddon(D) and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.(E)

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