They were told to harm people, using, of course, their “power like the power of scorpions.” (Revelation 9:3) This again indicates that these locusts are not literal locusts, nor a cross between locusts and scorpions, but something altogether different—demonic.
4 Il leur fut dit de ne point faire de mal à l'herbe de la terre, ni à aucune verdure, ni à aucun arbre, mais seulement aux hommes qui n'avaient pas le sceau de Dieu sur le front.