He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft (A)rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and (B)the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. Then from the smoke came (C)locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. They were told (D)not to harm (E)the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have (F)the seal of God on their foreheads.

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