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And they were commanded not to kill them; but that they should be tormented for five months, and that their pain should be as the pain that comes from a scorpion when he has stung a man.

Therefore, in those days, man shall seek death and shall not find it; and shall desire to die and death shall flee from them.

And the appearance of the locusts was like that of horses prepared for battle. And on their heads were something like crowns, like gold. And their faces were like the faces of men.

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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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