And they were not permittedto killanyone,but to tormentfor fivemonths;and their tormentwas likethe tormentof a scorpionwhenit stingsa man.
Whereasmy fatherloadedyou with a heavyyoke,I will addto your yoke;my fatherdisciplinedyou with whips,but I [will discipline you] with scorpions.'"
He spoketo them according to the adviceof the youngmen,saying,"My fathermadeyour yokeheavy,but I will addto it; my fatherdisciplinedyou with whips,but I [will discipline you] with scorpions."
So the LORDsaidto Satan,"Behold,he is in your power,onlysparehis life."
"And you, sonof man,neitherfearthem norfeartheir words,thoughthistlesand thornsare with you and you siton scorpions;neitherfeartheir wordsnorbe dismayedat their presence,for they are a rebellioushouse.
"AfterthisI keptlooking,and behold,anotherone, like a leopard,whichhad on its backfourwingsof a bird;the beastalso had fourheads,and dominionwas givento it.
Jesusanswered,"You would havenoauthorityoverMe, unlessit had beengivenyou from above;for thisreasonhe who deliveredMe to you has[the] greatersin."
Whenthey have finishedtheir testimony,the beastthat comesup out of the abysswill makewarwith them, and overcomethem and killthem.
There was givento him a mouthspeakingarrogantwords and blasphemies,and authorityto actfor forty-twomonthswas givento him.
It was alsogivento him to makewarwith the saintsand to overcomethem, and authorityovereverytribeand peopleand tongueand nationwas givento him.
They havetailslikescorpions,and stings;and in their tailsis their powerto hurtmenfor fivemonths.
Thenout of the smokecamelocustsupon the earth,and powerwas giventhem, as the scorpionsof the earthhavepower.
