Revelation 9:3-5

New King James Version

³ Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, ^(A)as the scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴ They were commanded ^(B)not to harm ^(C)the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have ^(D)the seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ And ^[a]they were not given authority to kill them, ^(E)but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.