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[1]The fifth messenger blew, and I saw a star fall upon the earth from the heavens. And he was given the key to the deep. [2]He opened the deep, and smoke went out from the deep like smoke from a large furnace, the sun and the air darkened from the smoke of the deep. [3]From the smoke came frogsⓘ upon the earth, and they were given authority to annihilate to destroy.ⓘ [4]They were told, "Do not damage the plants or the green grass of the field, nor any tree. Injure only the children of mankind who do not have the seal of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 in their foreheads." [5]They (the frogs/locusts) were not given authority to kill them, but only to grieve them for five months. And their grief was like the pain when scorpions bite. [6]In those days, you would be wiser to die, but not find it! [7]The locustsⓘ are like the horses poised for battle.ⓘ Upon their heads were crowns as of gold, their appearance like the appearance of mankind. [8]Their hair like the hair of women, and their teeth, like the teeth of a lion,ⓘ [9][No verse] [10][9:9] and their rears were like the tails of a swarm. They were given authority to grieve the children of mankind for five months. [11][9:10] Their king was a messenger from the deep. His name in the Hebrew language, Abaddon, and in the Greek language, Apollyon.ⓘ [12][9:11] Something like a cloudⓘ passed,ⓘ and behold, the second is coming as clouds! [13][9:12] And the sixth messenger blew. I heard a voice coming from the four corners of the holy place that is before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, [14][9:13] saying to the sixth messenger who blew, "Go, and search for the four bound messengers in the great sea238 called, 'Euphrates.'" [15][9:14] The four messengers were prepared to kill a third partⓘ of the children of mankind in an hour, in a day, in a month, and in one year. [16][9:15] And their riders were numbered a great many thousands. And I heard their number. [17][9:16] After this I saw the horses in formation and those sitting upon them wearing garments of pitch, brimstone, and fire. The heads of the horses were like the heads of a lion, and from the horses' mouths went fire, smoke, and brimstone. [18][9:17] And by these three (fire, smoke, brimstone) a third part of the children of mankind were killed, [19][9:18] for their power was in their mouths, and their tails had heads like serpents, with which they kill. [20][9:19] However, there were many children of mankind who will not be put to death by these plagues,ⓘ because they repented of their evil works. They did not pray to Satan nor to idols of clay, stone, wood, silver, or gold—which are not able to walk or speak or hear. [21][9:20] And there were those who did not repent for their fornications, nor for their thefts.
Footnotes
[9:3] The word צפרדעים [tzfarde'im] is explained in Revelation 16:13 as demons that look like frogs. If the marginal note is correct, then the translation should be, "From the smoke came swelling locusts." But without a noun the sentence is incomplete.
[9:3] In this image, the strikethrough לכלות [lak'avat] means, "consumption of, to exhaust, to end, to annihilate." And there is no associated marginal note.
[9:7] This word can also mean "those who are liars-in-wait" or "ambushers."
[9:7] Interestingly, Joel 2:25 references the children of Israel being restored what the locusts have eaten and also identifies the locusts as a great army of locusts: "Then I shall repay you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, and the consuming locust, and the gnawing locust, My great army which I sent among you."
[9:8] This verse is like Joel 1:6, "With teeth like the teeth of a lion" אריה שני שניו.
[9:11] John, having been in the regions of modern-day Turkey and Greece, would have known some Greek. Josephus did the same kind of writing style. See The War of the Jews 5:4:2—"This new-built part of the city was called "Bezetha," in our language, which, if interpreted in the Grecian language, may be called "the New City." –William Whiston, translator. However, the added vowel markers (nikkud) would indicate this was added later.
[9:12] See Ezekiel 1:4 describing a wind coming from the north, a "great cloud" before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 revealed Himself brilliantly like a rainbow and cloud (Ezekiel 1:27–28) before pronouncing judgment upon the children of Israel.
[9:12] The Hebrew words used are "like/as dark storm clouds," a simile for "more trouble is coming." The use of a metaphor like "dark cloud" for "woe" shows the writer has familiarity with Hebrew.
[9:15] See Ezekiel 5:12.
[9:20] The word הנגעים [ha' hagahim] is from the נגע root which means "touch," "reach," or "strike." Also consider that leprosy was often associated with the evil tongue [lashon ha'ra'a]. For Miriam spoke against Moses and was struck with leprosy (Numbers 12:1–15). And in Deuteronomy 24:9 it says to "remember what God did to Miriam" when she spoke against Moses (Deuteronomy 24:9). Thus, in the Cochin Hebrew Matthew 5:11, it says, "Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you saying against you הרע לשון [leshon ha'ra, literally: "the evil tongue, language"] for the sake of my glory, to deceive."
 
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