Today's study Revelation chapter 9 Verse 3 Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. Study guide. The scholar Walvoord wrote of this verse. "These are obviously not natural locusts. They avoid plants and attack men like scorpions attack. They are “A visual representation of the hordes of demons loosed upon the earth.” (Walvoord)