“The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Revelation 9 contains 21 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.