The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness (eskotōmenē | ἐσκοτωμένη | perf pass ptcp nom sg fem). People gnawed their tongues in pain
He opened the shaft of the abyss, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a giant furnace, and the sun and the air were (eskotōthē | ἐσκοτώθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) darkened (eskotōthē | ἐσκοτώθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) with smoke from the shaft.
being darkened (eskotōmenoi | ἐσκοτωμένοι | perf pass ptcp nom pl masc) in their understanding, separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
wild waves of the sea, casting up their shameful deeds like foam; wandering stars for whom the gloom of utter darkness (skotous | σκότους | gen sg neut) has been reserved forever.
If we say that we have fellowship with him but continue to walk in darkness (skotei | σκότει | dat sg neut), we lie and are not putting the truth into practice.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, so that you may declare the glorious deeds of the one who called you out of darkness (skotous | σκότους | gen sg neut) into his marvelous light.
