Revelation 11

11:1 Then1 a measuring rod2 like a staff was given to me, and I was told,3 “Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there. 11:2 But4 do not measure the outer courtyard5 of the temple; leave it out,6 because it has been given to the Gentiles,7 and they will trample on the holy city8 for forty-two months. 11:3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority9 to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth. 11:4 (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.)10 11:5 If11 anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths12 and completely consumes13 their enemies. If14 anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. 11:6 These two have the power15 to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time16 they are prophesying. They17 have power18 to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. 11:7 When19 they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer20 them and kill them. 11:8 Their21 corpses will lie in the street22 of the great city that is symbolically23 called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. 11:9 For three and a half days those from every24 people, tribe,25 nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.26 11:10 And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. 11:11 But27 after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized28 those who were watching them. 11:12 Then29 they30 heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: “Come up here!” So the two prophets31 went up to heaven in a cloud while32 their enemies stared at them. 11:13 Just then33 a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people34 were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

11:14 The second woe has come and gone;35 the third is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet

11:15 Then36 the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:

“The kingdom of the world

has become the kingdom of our Lord

and of his Christ,37

and he will reign for ever and ever.”

11:16 Then38 the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground39 and worshiped God 11:17 with these words:40

“We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful,41

the one who is and who was,

because you have taken your great power

and begun to reign.42

11:18 The43 nations44 were enraged,

but45 your wrath has come,

and the time has come for the dead to be judged,

and the time has come to give to your servants,46

the prophets, their reward,

as well as to the saints

and to those who revere47 your name, both small and great,

and the time has come48 to destroy those who destroy49 the earth.”

11:19 Then50 the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring,51 crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.52

The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon

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