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The fifth trumpet is sounded and a bottomless pit is opened, out of which come beings described as locusts like scorpions, who are given the authority to use their sting to torment those who do not have God’s seal. This will last for five months.
The locusts from the pit are described in more physical detail. They are otherworldly in appearance; war imagery like breastplates and chariots is used to describe them, increasing our understanding of their might and terror.
The sixth trumpet is sounded and four angels that will kill a third of mankind are released, along with multitudes of armies of horsemen.
The horses of the army display traits unlike earthly horses, like the ability to breathe fire, smoke, and brimstone and tails like serpents, which they use to kill a third of mankind.
The two-thirds of mankind that were not killed by the plagues of the sixth trumpet are stubborn. They do not repent of their evil ways, even in the face of destruction, much like how Pharaoh’s heart was hardened even after nine plagues in Exodus.
The fifth and sixth trumpets are sounded, each bringing destruction that is now brought down on humankind instead of upon the earth. The fifth trumpet releases locusts like scorpions who are unbound from the bottomless pit. For five months, they are given the authority to sting those whom God has not sealed, and there is no respite from this pain for five months. Those who are stung wish for death but cannot die just yet. They cannot escape the pain.
The sixth seal brings a large army of otherworldly horses who breathe fire like dragons and have the authority to kill a third of mankind. The chapter ends with a sobering reminder that these woes have not served as a wake-up call to the two thirds of mankind who remain after the sixth trumpet. Instead of repenting of their sin, they continue to double down and worship idols, practice sorcery, and commit murder and immoral acts.
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