Revelation 9:5-7
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4-5 However, they were instructed not to damage any grasses, plants, or trees that grow from the earth. Instead, they were given power for five months to torture, but not to kill, the people without the seal of God upon their foreheads. The torment they inflicted was like the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. 6 During those days, people will seek any way possible to kill themselves, but death will not befriend them. They will long to die and end their miseries, but death will elude them.
7 The locusts looked like horses clad in armor, ready for battle. They wore golden wreaths on their heads, and their faces appeared human
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Revelation 9:5-7
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5 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. 6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(C)
7 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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