Revelation 9:3-5

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³ And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power:

⁴ And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree: but only the men who have not the sign of God on their foreheads.

⁵ And it was given unto them that they should not kill them; but that they should torment them five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.