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And it was commanded to them, that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only men, that have not the sign of God [that have not the mark of God] in their foreheads.

And it was given to them, that they should not slay them, but that they should be tormented five months; and the tormenting of them, as the tormenting of a scorpion, when he smiteth a man.

And in those days men shall seek death, and they shall not find it; and they shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

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They were told not to harm(A) the grass of the earth or any plant or tree,(B) but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.(C) They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months.(D) And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion(E) when it strikes. During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(F)

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