![]() ![]() This period of inescapable torment parallels the concept of hell. Scripture isn't explicit about this, but that possibility might explain why people would seek death for something so painful and chronic. The reference to "five months" in the prior verse may, also, suggest that the effect of the demons' sting lasts five months for those who are stung. Or, it might be simple supernatural intervention keeping them alive. Perhaps their condition renders them temporarily immune to other drugs and chemicals. Perhaps the sting so immobilizes victims that they give no outward sign of pain-preventing others from mercy killings or other interventions. What exactly this means, Scripture is not clear. Somehow, in some way, they will be prevented from ending their own lives to cut short their suffering. What's less clear, in this verse, is the implication that these afflicted non-believers will be unable to die. That someone in horrible agony would want to die is not hard to understand. The pain of this experience will not be something one "gets used to." The Greek wording of this verse implies that the people stung will seek death vehemently or earnestly. This verse reveals that the locust-like creatures' "scorpion" stings will be so painful that victims will want to die. Their ability was comparted to that of a scorpion (Revelation 9:1–5). Prior verses described Satan releasing a horde of locust-like demons, limited to torment-not kill-unbelievers only. ![]()
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