Structure of Revelation 9:1-11, the 5th Trumpet... a partial reveal!

Study:

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. Revelation 9:1-11

Notes:

  1. a star is an angel (see study),
  2. a key is a king or kingdom (see study),
  3. darkness or error/deception arises from a tail or false prophet (see study), and
  4. locust hurt grass, green things and trees with their teeth.

Structure:

...a star...
...the key... vs. 1
...darkened... vs. 2
...not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree... vs. 4
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...teeth were as the teeth of lions... vs. 8
...tails... vs. 10
...a king...
...the angel... vs. 11

I don't know what the point of this structure is so if you have any ideas, leave me a comment! Also, not sure what else is missing though I am sure it is not complete...

To be continued...

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