The appearanceof the locustswas likehorsespreparedfor battle;and on their headsappearedto be crownslikegold,and their faceswere likethe facesof men.
"The first[was] like a lionand had [the] wingsof an eagle.I keptlookinguntilits wingswere plucked,and it was liftedup from the groundand madeto standon two feetlike a man;a humanmindalso was givento it.
"While I was contemplatingthe horns,behold,anotherhorn,a littleone,cameup amongthem, and threeof the firsthornswere pulledout by the rootsbeforeit; and behold,thishornpossessed eyeslike the eyesof a manand a mouthutteringgreat[boasts].
Your guardsmenare like the swarminglocust.Your marshalsare like hordesof grasshoppersSettlingin the stone wallson a coldday.The sunrisesand they flee,And the placewherethey are is not known.
I looked,and behold,a whitehorse,and he who saton it hada bow;and a crownwas givento him, and he wentout conqueringand to conquer.
Thenout of the smokecamelocustsupon the earth,and powerwas giventhem, as the scorpionsof the earthhavepower.