16. And the number of the army of horsemen was twenty thousand times ten thousand. And I heard the number of them.
17. And thus I saw the horses in the vision: and they that sat on them, had breastplates of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone, and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions: and from their mouths proceeded fire, and smoke, and brimstone.
18. And by these three plagues was slain the third part of men, by the fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19. For the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails. For, their tails are like to serpents, and have heads: and with them they hurt.
20. And the rest of the men, who were not slain by these plagues, did not do penance from the works of their hands, that they should not adore devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood, which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.
21. Neither did they penance from their murders, nor from their sorceries, nor from their fornication, nor from their thefts.
12. The invasion of the locusts is the first woe predicted by the eagle. The two yet to come will fill up the "mystery of iniquity" with the appearance of Anti-christ and his prophet.
13. God sends a sixth angel to instruct and guide the Church. This mission will still further reveal the thoughts of many hearts. The wicked continue to be separated from the just.
