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| 9:1 | And the fifth messenger did sound, and I saw a star out of the heaven having fallen to the earth, and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss, |
| 9:2 | and he did open the pit of the abyss, and there came up a smoke out of the pit as smoke of a great furnace, and darkened was the sun and the air, from the smoke of the pit. |
| 9:3 | And out of the smoke came forth locusts to the earth, and there was given to them authority, as scorpions of the earth have authority, |
| 9:4 | and it was said to them that they may not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but -- the men only who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads, |
| 9:5 | and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment `is' as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man; |
| 9:6 | and in those days shall men seek the death, and they shall not find it, and they shall desire to die, and the death shall flee from them. |
| 9:7 | And the likenesses of the locusts `are' like to horses made ready to battle, and upon their heads as crowns like gold, and their faces as faces of men, |
| 9:8 | and they had hair as hair of women, and their teeth were as `those' of lions, |
| 9:9 | and they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings `is' as the noise of chariots of many horses running to battle; |
| 9:10 | and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority `is' to injure men five months; |
| 9:11 | and they have over them a king -- the messenger of the abyss -- a name `is' to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he hath a name, Apollyon. |
| 9:12 | The first wo did go forth, lo, there come yet two woes after these things. |
| 9:13 | And the sixth messenger did sound, and I heard a voice out of the four horns of the altar of gold that is before God, |
| 9:14 | saying to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, `Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates;' |
| 9:15 | and loosed were the four messengers, who have been made ready for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may kill the third of men; |
| 9:16 | and the number of the forces of the horsemen `is' two myriads of myriads, and I heard the number of them. |
| 9:17 | And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting upon them, having breastplates of fire, and jacinth, and brimstone; and the heads of the horses `are' as heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceedeth fire, and smoke, and brimstone; |
| 9:18 | by these three were the third of men killed, from the fire, and from the smoke, and from the brimstone, that is proceeding out of their mouth, |
| 9:19 | for their authorities are in their mouth, and in their tails, for their tails `are' like serpents, having heads, and with them they do injure; |
| 9:20 | and the rest of men, who were not killed in these plagues, neither did reform from the works of their hands, that they may not bow before the demons, and idols, those of gold, and those of silver, and those of brass, and those of stone, and those of wood, that are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk, |
| 9:21 | yea they did not reform from their murders, nor from their sorceries, nor from their whoredoms, nor from their thefts. |
| 9:1 | And the fyfte angell blewe and I sawe a stare fall from heven vnto the erth. And to him was geven the kaye of the bottomlesse pytt. |
| 9:2 | And he opened the botomlesse pytt and there arose the smoke of a grett fornace. And the sunne and the ayer were darkned by the reason of the smoke of the pytt. |
| 9:3 | And there cam out of the smoke locustes vpo the erth: and vnto them was geve power as the scorpions of the erth have power. |
| 9:4 | And it hurt ye grasse of the erth: nether eny grene thinge: nether eny tree: but only those me which have not ye seale in their forhedes |
| 9:5 | and to the was comaunded yt they shulde not kyll the but yt they shulde be vexed v monethes and their payne was as the payne yt cometh of a scorpion whe he hath stoge a ma. |
| 9:6 | And in those dayes shall men seke deeth and shall not fynde it and shall desyre to dye and deeth shall flye fro the. |
| 9:7 | And the similitude of the locustes was lyke vnto horses prepared vnto battayll and on their heddes were as it were crownes lyke vnto golde: and their faces were as it had bene the faces of men. |
| 9:8 | And they had heare as the heare of wemen. And their tethe were as the tethe of lyons. |
| 9:9 | And they had habbergions as it were habbergions of yron. And the sounde of their wynges was as the sounde of charettes when many horsses runne to gedder to battayle. |
| 9:10 | And they had tayles lyke vnto scorpions and there were stinges in their tayles. And their power was to hurt men v. monethes. |
| 9:11 | And they had a kynge over them which is the angell of the bottomlesse pytt whose name in the hebrew tonge is Abadon: but in the greke tonge Apollion. |
| 9:12 | One woo is past and beholde two wooes come after this. |
| 9:13 | And the sixte. angell blewe and I herd a voyce from the iiii. corners of the golden aultre which is before god |
| 9:14 | saying to the sixte angell which had the trompe: Loose the iiii. angelles which are bounde in the grett ryver Eufrates. |
| 9:15 | And the iiii. angelles were loosed which wer prepared for an houre for a daye for a moneth and for a yeare for to slee the thyrde part of me. |
| 9:16 | And the nombre of horsme of warre were twenty tymes xM. And I herde the nobre of them. |
| 9:17 | And thus I sawe the horses in a vision and them yt sate on the havynge fyry habbergions of a Iacyncte coloure and brymstony and the heeddes of ye horses werre as the heeddes of lyons. And out of their mouthes went forth fyre and smoke and brymstone. |
| 9:18 | And of these iii. was the thyrde parte of men kylled: that is to saye of fyre smoke and brymstone which proceded out of the mouthes of them: |
| 9:19 | For their power was in their mouthes and in their tayles: for their tayles were lyke vnto serpetes and had heedes and with them they dyd hurt: |
| 9:20 | And the remnaunt of the me which were not kylled by these plages repented not of the dedes of their hondes that they shulde not worshyppe devyls and ymages of golde and sylver and brasse and stone and of wood which nether can se nether heare nether goo. |
| 9:21 | Also they repented not of their murther and of their sorcery nether of their fornacion nether of their thefte. |
| 9:1 | And the fyfte angell blewe, & I sawe a starre fall from heaue vnto ye earth. And to him was geue the kaye of the bottomlesse pytt. |
| 9:2 | And he opened the bottomlesse pytt, and there arose the smoke of a greate fornace. And the Sonne, and ye ayer were darkned by the reason of the smoke of the pytt. |
| 9:3 | And there came out of the smoke locustes vpon the earth: and vnto the was geuen power as the scorpions of the earth haue power. |
| 9:4 | And it was sayde vnto them, that they shulde not hurt the grasse of the earth: nether eny grene thinge: nether eny tre: but onely those men which haue not the seale in their forhedes, |
| 9:5 | and to them was comaunded, that they shulde not kyll the, but that they shulde be vexed fyue monethes, and their payne was as the payne that cometh of a scorpion, when he hath stonge a man. |
| 9:6 | And in those dayes shal me seke deeth, and shal not fynde it: and shal desyre to dye, and death shal flye from them. |
| 9:7 | And the similitude of the locustes was lyke vnto horses prepared vnto battayll, and on their heades were as it were crownes, lyke vnto golde: and their faces were as it had bene the faces of men. |
| 9:8 | And they had heere as the heere of wemen. And their tethe were as the tethe of lyons. |
| 9:9 | And they had habbergions, as it were habbergions of yron. And the sounde of their wynges, was as ye sounde of charettes whe many horsses runne together to battayle. |
| 9:10 | And they had tayles lyke vnto scorpions, and there were stynges in their tayles. And their power was to hurt me fyue monethes. |
| 9:11 | And they had a kinge ouer them, which is the angel of the bottomlesse pyt, whose name in the hebrew tonge, is Abadon: but in the greke tonge, Apollion. |
| 9:12 | One wo is past, and beholde two woes come yet after this. |
| 9:13 | And the sixte angel blewe, and I herde a voyce from the foure corners of the golden aultre which is before God, |
| 9:14 | sayenge to the sixte angel, which had the trompe: Lowse the foure angels, which are bounde in the greate ryuer Eufrates. |
| 9:15 | And ye foure angels were lowsed, which were prepared for an houre, for a daye, for a moneth, and for a yeare, for to slee the thyrde parte of men. |
| 9:16 | And the nombre of horsmen of warre, were twenty tymes x M. And I herde ye nombre of them. |
| 9:17 | And thus I sawe the horses in a vision, and them that sat on the hauynge fyry habbergions of a yalowe and brymstony color, and the heades of ye horses werre as the heades of lyons. And out of their mouthes went forth fyre, and smoke, and brymstone. |
| 9:18 | And of these thre was the thirde parte of men kylled: that is to saye, of fyre, smoke, and brymstone, which proceded out of the mouthes of the: |
| 9:19 | For their power was in their mouthes and in their tayles: for their tayles were like vnto serpetes, and had heades, and with the they dyd hurt: |
| 9:20 | And the remnaunt of the me which were not kylled by these plages, repeted not of the dedes of their hondes, yt they shulde not worshippe deuels, and ymages of golde, and syluer, and brasse, & stone, and of wod, which nether can se, nether heare, nether |
| 9:21 | Also they repented not of their murthur, and of their witchcraft, nether of their whordome, nether of their thefte. |
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