1. The fifth angel blew his trumpet. Then 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.
2. Then the star opened the hole leading to the 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.
3. Then locusts came out of the smoke and went down to the earth. They were given the power to sting like scorpions.
4. They were told not to damage the fields of grass or any plant or tree. They were to hurt only those who did not have God’s mark on their foreheads.
5. They were not given the power to kill them but only to cause them pain for five months—pain like a person feels when stung by a scorpion.