1 Then there was given me a 1Lit reedAEzek 40:3-42:20; Zech 2:1; Rev 21:15fmeasuring rod like a staff; 2Lit sayingand BRev 10:11someone said, “Get up and measure the 3Or sanctuarytemple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. 2  “1Lit Throw outLeave out the AEzek 40:17, 20court which is outside the 2Or sanctuarytemple and do not measure it, for BLuke 21:24it has been given to the nations; and they will BLuke 21:24tread under foot CIs 52:1; Matt 4:5; 27:53; Rev 21:2, 10; 22:19the holy city for DDan 7:25; 12:7; Rev 12:6; 13:5forty-two months. 3  “And I will grant authority to my two ARev 1:5; 2:13witnesses, and they will prophesy for BDan 7:25; 12:7; Rev 12:6; 13:5twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in CGen 37:34; 2 Sam 3:31; 1 Kin 21:27; 2 Kin 19:1f; Neh 9:1; Esth 4:1; Ps 69:11; Joel 1:13; Jon 3:5f, 8sackcloth.” 4 These are the APs 52:8; Jer 11:16; Zech 4:3, 11, 14two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone wants to harm them, A2 Kin 1:10-12; Jer 5:14; Rev 9:17ffire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, BNum 16:29, 35he must be killed in this way. 6 These have the power to A1 Kin 17:1; Luke 4:25shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during BRev 11:3the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to CEx 7:17ff; Rev 8:8turn them into blood, and D1 Sam 4:8to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

7 When they have finished their testimony, ARev 13:1ff; 17:8the beast that comes up out of the BRev 9:1abyss will CDan 7:21; Rev 13:7make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. 8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the ARev 14:8; 16:19; 17:18; 18:2, 10, 16, 18, 19, 21great city which 1Lit spirituallymystically is called BIs 1:9, 10; 3:9; Jer 23:14; Ezek 16:46, 49Sodom and CEzek 23:3, 8, 19, 27Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9 Those from ARev 5:9; 10:11the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead 1Lit bodybodies for three and a half days, and 2Lit do not permitB1 Kin 13:22; Ps 79:2fwill not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. 10 And ARev 3:10those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will BNeh 8:10, 12; Esth 9:19, 22send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ARev 3:10those who dwell on the earth.

11 But after the three and a half days, AEzek 37:5, 9, 10, 14the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them. 12 And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “ARev 4:1Come up here.” Then they B2 Kin 2:11; Acts 1:9went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13 And in that hour there was a great ARev 6:12; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; 1Lit names of people, seven thousandseven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and BJohn 9:24; Rev 14:7; 16:9; 19:7gave glory to the CRev 16:11God of heaven.

14 The second ARev 8:13; 9:12woe is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

15 Then the ARev 8:2; 10:7seventh angel sounded; and there were BRev 16:17; 19:1loud voices in heaven, saying,

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The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of DPs 2:2; Acts 4:26His 1I.e. MessiahChrist; and EEx 15:18; Dan 2:44; 7:14, 27; Luke 1:33He will reign forever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders, who AMatt 19:28; Rev 4:4sit on their thrones before God, BRev 4:10fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,

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We give You thanks, ARev 1:8O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to BRev 19:6reign. 18  “And APs 2:1the nations were enraged, and BPs 2:5; 110:5Your wrath came, and CDan 7:10; Rev 20:12the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to 1Lit give the reward toreward Your DRev 10:7; 16:6bond-servants the prophets and the 2Or holy onessaints and those who fear Your name, EPs 115:13; Rev 13:16; 19:5the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

19 And ARev 4:1; 15:5the 1Or sanctuarytemple of God which is in heaven was opened; and BHeb 9:4the ark of His covenant appeared in His 1Or sanctuarytemple, and there were flashes of CRev 4:5; 8:5; 16:18lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a DRev 16:21great 2Lit hailhailstorm.