Revelation 9:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ These locusts were not ·given the power [permitted] to kill anyone, but to ·cause pain to [torture; torment] the people for five months [^Cperhaps referring to the limited life span of a locust]. And ·the pain they felt was like the pain a scorpion gives [^Ltheir torture/torment was like the torture/torment of a scorpion] when it stings someone. ⁶ During those days people will ·look for a way to die [^Lseek death], but they will not find it. They will ·want [long; desire] to die, but death will ·run away [flee] from them.

⁷ The locusts looked like horses ·prepared [equipped; trained] for battle [Joel 2:4]. On their heads they wore what looked like crowns of gold [^Cindicating their victory; 2:10], and their faces looked like human faces.