After the eagle's warning of "woe" 3 times in Revelation 8:13, Revelation chapter 9 continues with the details of the effects or events which will follow the last 2 of 3 angels blowing their trumpets.
The first woe spans from verse 1 to verse 11 below.
Revelation 9:1-6:
9:1And the fifth angel trumpeted; and I saw a star having fallen2 out-from heaven into the earth; and the key of the well of the abyss was given to him .2and he opened the well of the abyss; and smoke ascended from the well as smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air was darkened from the smoke of the well, .3and locusts came-out from the smoke into the earth and authority was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have authority.
.4And it was said to them in order that they will not treat-unrighteously the grass of the earth nor every green-thing nor every tree except the men, the-people-who do not have the seal of God on the foreheads, .5and it was given to them in order that they may not kill them but in order that they will be tormented five months and their torment as torment of a scorpion whenever it may hit a man.
.6And in those days the men will seek-after death and they will never find it and they will intensely-yearn to die and death flees from them.
The fifth angel blew his trumpet; and I perceived (knew with my mind)...
...and the key (the instrument which is necessary to be able to bind or loosen, tie or untie, lock or unlock, close or open, exclude or receive, stop the exit or grant the entrance/access)...
...was given to the fifth angel and he opened the well of the abyss; and...
And it was said (spoken by definite words being uttered) to the locusts, for the purpose and resulting fact that...
...and it was given to the locusts for the purpose and result that they would not kill those men - but contrary to killing them, the locusts were given this authority for the purpose and resulting fact that...
And during those days (while the locusts are affecting the members of mankind who reject God and the Lord Jesus Christ for 5 months)...
The effects of the locusts will not result in death even though those affected will be so tormented that they will seek after death and intensely yearn to die. The devil/satan will continue to be able to kill people on many occasions until he himself and death will be destroyed (Revelation 20:10 and 14), but he will not be able to kill any of those people via his locusts during that 5 month period of time.
The only true God and His son, the Lord Jesus Christ, have greater authority and power than the devil. Therefore, the devil and/or the people who reject God cannot overstep the boundary limitations that God established when God raised Jesus up alive from being dead, giving him a new spiritual body, and placed him at His right-hand side to be second-in-command to God Himself Who is his Father.
[Reference: Genesis 1:2, 7;11, 8:2; Deuteronomy 28:15 and 38; I Kings 19:4; Job 3:21; Isaiah 14:12; Jeremiah 8:3; Matthew 3:4, 26:68; Luke 8:31, 10:19, 11:12; John 7:6-9, 8:59; Acts 2:24; Romans 1:4, 6:9, 10:7; I Corinthians 15:26; II Corinthians 1:10; Philippians 2:27; Colossians 1:15-20; II Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 1:3 and 4, 2:14 and 15; I Peter 3:19; II Peter 2:4 and 17; I John 5:16; Revelation 1:17 and 18, 7:2-8, 8:6, 11:7, 17:8, 20:1, 3 and 10-15. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]
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