The first woe - Revelation 9:3 - flying scorpions from hell.

Revelation 9:1

The sounding of the fifth trumpet by the fifth angel.

( the fifth trumpet is the first woe )

Revelation 9:3 thru 11

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was

given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of

the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which

have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

Rev 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that

they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment

of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

Rev 9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and

shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

Rev 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto

battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces

were as the faces of men.

Rev 9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and

their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

Rev 9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the

sound of their wings was as the sound of

chariots of many horses running to battle.

Rev 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in

their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

Rev 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the

bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek

tongue hath his name Apollyon.

One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.