5. They were not allowed to kill them. They were only allowed to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion’s sting.
6. At that time people will look for death and never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.
7. The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. They seemed to have crowns that looked like gold on their heads. Their faces were like human faces.
8. They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like lions’ teeth.
9. They had breastplates like iron. The noise from their wings was like the roar of chariots with many horses rushing into battle.
10. They had tails and stingers like scorpions. They had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.