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Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet. And I saw a star fall from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the deep hole that leads down to the bottomless pit. Then it opened the bottomless pit. Smoke came up from the hole like smoke from a big furnace. The sun and sky became dark because of the smoke from the hole. Then locusts came down to the earth out of the smoke. They were given the power to sting like scorpions.[a]

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  1. 9:3 scorpions A scorpion is an insect that stings with a bad poison.

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