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those people

the people whom the locusts were stinging

but only to torture them

"but only given permission to make them suffer terrible pain"

to torture them for five months

The locusts would be allowed to do this for five months.

the sting of a scorpion

A scorpion is a small insect with a poisonous stinger at the end of its long tail. The sting can cause severe pain or even death.