Revelation 9:3-5

New American Standard Bible

³ Then out of the smoke came ^(A)locusts ^[a]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the ^(B)scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴ They were told not to ^(C)hurt the ^(D)grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the people who do not have the ^(E)seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ And ^[b]they were not permitted to kill ^[c]anyone, but to torment for ^(F)five months; and their torment was like the torment of a ^(G)scorpion when it ^[d]stings a person.