9 On their chests they wore armour made of iron. Their wings roared like an army of horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle.
10 Their tails were like a scorpion's tail with a sting that had the power to hurt someone for five months.
11 Their king was the angel in charge of the deep pit. In Hebrew his name was Abaddon, and in Greek it was Apollyon.
12 The first horrible thing has now happened! But wait. Two more horrible things will happen soon.
13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice speak from the four corners of the gold altar that stands in the presence of God.
14 The voice spoke to this angel and said, “Release the four angels who are tied up beside the great River Euphrates.”
15 The four angels had been prepared for this very hour and day and month and year. Now they were set free to kill a third of all people.