The Word Am I

The Revelation of St. John the Divine

Douay-Rheims :: World English Bible Catholic

- Chapter 9 -

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And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet, and I saw a star fall from heaven upon the earth, and there was given to him the key of the bottomless pit.
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And he opened the bottomless pit: and the smoke of the pit arose, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke of the pit.
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And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power:
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And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree: but only the men who have not the sign of God on their foreheads.
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And it was given unto them that they should not kill them; but that they should torment them five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.
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And in those days men shall seek death, and shall not find it: and they shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them.
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And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle: and on their heads were, as it were, crowns like gold: and their faces were as the faces of men.
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And they had hair as the hair of women; and their teeth were as lions:
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And they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was as the noise of chariots and many horses running to battle.
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And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had over them
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A king, the angel of the bottomless pit; whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek Apollyon; in Latin Exterminans,
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One woe is past, and behold there come yet two woes more hereafter.

The Sixth Trumpet

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And the sixth angel sounded the trumpet: and I heard a voice from the four horns of the great altar, which is before the eyes of God,
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Saying to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet: Loose the four angels, who are bound in the great river Euphrates.
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And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year: for to kill the third part of men.
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And the number of the army of horsemen was twenty thousand times ten thousand. And I heard the number of them.
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And thus I saw the horses in the vision: and they that sat on them, had breastplates of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone, and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions: and from their mouths proceeded fire, and smoke, and brimstone.
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And by these three plagues was slain the third part of men, by the fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
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For the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails. For, their tails are like to serpents, and have heads: and with them they hurt.
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And the rest of the men, who were not slain by these plagues, did not do penance from the works of their hands, that they should not adore devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood, which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
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Neither did they penance from their murders, nor from their sorceries, nor from their fornication, nor from their thefts.
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The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
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He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a (a) burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.
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Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have Gods seal on their foreheads.
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They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.
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In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
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The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people’s faces.
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They had hair like womens hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
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They had breastplates like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses rushing to war.
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They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
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They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”,(b) but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon”.(c)
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The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.

The Sixth Trumpet

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The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,
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saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”
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The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.
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The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million.(d) I heard the number of them.
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Thus I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the horsesheads resembled lionsheads. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
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By these three plagues, one third of mankind was killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
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For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads; and with them they harm.
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The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which cant see, hear, or walk.
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They didn’t repent of their murders, their sorceries,(e) their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

Footnotes

(a)9:2 TR adds “great”
(b)9:11 “Abaddon” is a Hebrew word that means “ruin”, “destruction”, or “the place of destruction”
(c)9:11 “Apollyon” means “Destroyer”.
(d)9:16 literally, “ten thousands of ten thousands”
(e)9:21 The word for “sorceries” (pharmakeia) also implies the use of potions, poisons, and drugs