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They were not allowed to kill them but only to torment them for five months;[a] the torment they inflicted was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person. During that time these people will seek death but will not find it, and they will long to die but death will escape them.(A)

[b]The appearance of the locusts was like that of horses ready for battle. On their heads they wore what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:5 For five months: more or less corresponding to the life-span of locusts.
  2. 9:7–10 Eight characteristics are listed to show the eschatological and diabolical nature of these locusts.

They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months.(A) And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion(B) when it strikes. During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(C)

The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle.(D) On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.(E)

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