Revelation 9:1

9:1 Then ¹  the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky ²  to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. ³ 

Revelation 9:12

9:12 The first woe has passed, but ⁴  two woes are still coming after these things!

Revelation 11:14

11:14 The second woe has come and gone; ⁵  the third is coming quickly.

Ezekiel 2:10

2:10 He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front ⁶  and back; ⁷  written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

² tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

³ tn On this term BDAG 2 s.v. ἄβυσσος 2 states, “netherworld, abyss, esp. the abode of the dead Ro 10:7 (Ps 106:26) and of demons Lk 8:31; dungeon where the devil is kept Rv 20:3; abode of the θηρίον, the Antichrist 11:7; 17:8; of ᾿Αβαδδών (q.v.), the angel of the underworld 9:11…φρέαρ τῆς ἀ. 9:1f; capable of being sealed 9:1; 20:1, 3.”

⁴ tn Grk “behold.” Here ἰδού (idou) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in the context.

⁵ tn Grk “has passed.”

⁶ tn Heb “on the face.”

⁷ sn Written on the front and back. While it was common for papyrus scrolls to have writing on both sides the same was not true for leather scrolls.