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1 A
reed like a
rod was given
to me. Someone
said, “Rise and
measure God’s
temple, and the
altar, and those
who worship in
it.
2 Leave
out the court
which is outside
of the temple,
and don’t measure
it, for it
has been given
to the nations.
They will tread
the holy city
under foot
for forty-two months.
3 I
will give power
to my two
witnesses, and
they will prophesy
one thousand two
hundred sixty days,
clothed in
sackcloth.”
4 These
are the two
olive trees and
the two lamp
stands, standing
before the Lord
of the earth.
5 If
anyone desires
to harm them, fire
proceeds out of
their mouth and
devours their
enemies. If anyone
desires to harm
them, he must
be killed in this
way.
6 These
have the power
to shut up
the sky, that
it may not
rain during the
days of their
prophecy. They
have power over
the waters, to
turn them
into blood, and to
strike the earth
with every plague,
as often as
they desire.
7 When
they have finished
their testimony,
the beast that
comes up out
of the abyss will
make war with
them, and overcome
them, and kill
them.
8 Their
dead bodies will
be in the
street of the
great city, which
spiritually is
called Sodom
and Egypt, where
also their Lord
was crucified.
9 From
among the peoples,
tribes, languages,
and nations,
people will look
at their dead
bodies for three
and a half
days, and will
not allow their
dead bodies to
be laid in
a tomb.
10 Those
who dwell on
the earth will
rejoice over them,
and they will
be glad. They
will give gifts to
one another,
because these two
prophets tormented those
who dwell on
the earth.
11 After
the three and
a half days,
the breath of
life from God
entered into them,
and they stood
on their feet.
Great fear fell
on those who
saw them.
12 I heard
a loud voice
from heaven saying
to them, “Come
up here!” They
went up into
heaven in a
cloud, and their
enemies saw them.
13 In
that day there
was a great
earthquake, and a
tenth of the
city fell. Seven
thousand people
were killed in the
earthquake, and
the rest were
terrified and gave
glory to the
God of heaven.
14 The
second woe is past.
Behold, the third
woe comes quickly.
15 The
seventh angel sounded,
and great voices
in heaven followed,
saying, “The kingdom
of the world
has become
the Kingdom of our
Lord and of
his Christ. He
will reign forever
and ever!”
16 The
twenty-four elders,
who sit on
their thrones
before God’s
throne, fell on
their faces and
worshiped God,
17 saying: “We
give you thanks,
Lord God, the
Almighty, the one
who is and
who was,
because you have
taken your great
power and reigned.
18 The
nations were angry,
and your wrath
came, as did
the time for
the dead to
be judged, and
to give
your bondservants the
prophets, their
reward, as well
as to the saints
and those who
fear your name,
to the small
and the great,
and to destroy
those who destroy
the earth.”
19 God’s
temple that is
in heaven
was opened, and
the ark of
the Lord’s
covenant was seen
in his temple.
Lightnings, sounds, thunders,
an earthquake, and
great hail
followed.