4. They were told not to harm the grass or plants or trees, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
5. They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting.
6. In those days people will seek death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them!
7. The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. They had what looked like gold crowns on their heads, and their faces looked like human faces.
8. They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like the teeth of a lion.
9. They wore armor made of iron, and their wings roared like an army of chariots rushing into battle.
10. They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people.