⁵ And ^[a]they were not given authority to kill them, ^(A)but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. ⁶ In those days ^(B)men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

^7 (C)The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. ^(D)On their heads were crowns of something like gold, ^(E)and their faces were like the faces of men.