Revelation 9:5-7

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⁵ They were allowed to torment them for five months but not to kill them, and the agony suffered was like that caused by a scorpion when it stings someone.^{(A) 6} And in those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.^(B)

⁷ In appearance the locusts were like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,^(C)