I was given a reed like a measuring rod^a and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. But exclude the outer court;^b do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.^c They will trample on the holy city^d for 42 months.^e And I will appoint my two witnesses,^f and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,^g clothed in sackcloth.”^h They are “the two olive trees”ⁱ and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”^j If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.^k This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.^l They have power to shut up the sky^m so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying;ⁿ and they have power to turn the waters into blood^o and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast^p that comes up from the Abyss^q will attack them,^r and overpower and kill them. Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city,^s which is figuratively called Sodom^t and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.^u For three and a half days many from every people, tribe, language and nation^v will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.^w The inhabitants of the earth^x will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts,^y because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

But after the three and a half days^z the breath of life from God entered them,^a and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.”^b And they went up to heaven in a cloud,^c while their enemies looked on.

At that very hour there was a severe earthquake^d and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory^e to the God of heaven.^f

The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.^g

The Seventh Trumpet

The seventh angel sounded his trumpet,^a and there were loud voices^b in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become

the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,^c

and he will reign for ever and ever.”^d

And the twenty-four elders,^e who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces^f and worshiped God, saying:

“We give thanks^g to you, Lord God Almighty,^h

the One who is and who was,ⁱ

because you have taken your great power

and have begun to reign.^j

The nations were angry,^k

and your wrath has come.

The time has come for judging the dead,^l

and for rewarding your servants the prophets^m

and your people who revere your name,

both great and smallⁿ—

and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

Then God’s temple^o in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant.^p And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder,^q an earthquake and a great hailstorm.^r

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Cross references

a Eze 40:3; Rev 21:15
b Eze 40:17,20
c Lk 21:24
d Rev 21:2
ever 3; Da 7:25; 12:7; Rev 12:6,14; 13:5
f Rev 1:5; 2:13
g ver 2
h Ge 37:34; 2Sa 3:31; Ne 9:1; Jnh 3:5
i Ps 52:8; Jer 11:16; Zec 4:3,11
j Zec 4:14
k 2Sa 22:9; 2Ki 1:10; Jer 5:14; Rev 9:17,18
l Nu 16:29,35
m Lk 4:25
nver 3
o Ex 7:17,19; Rev 8:8
p Rev 13:1–4
q Lk 8:31
r Da 7:21; Rev 13:7
s Rev 16:19
t Isa 1:9; Jer 23:14; Eze 16:46
u Heb 13:12
v Rev 13:7
w Ps 79:2,3
x Rev 3:10
y Ne 8:10,12; Est 9:19,22
zver 9
a Eze 37:5,9,10,14
b Rev 4:1
c 2Ki 2:11; Ac 1:9
d Rev 6:12
e Rev 14:7; 16:9; 19:7
f Rev 16:11
g Rev 8:13
a Mt 24:31
b Rev 16:17; 19:1
c Rev 12:10
d Ps 145:13; Da 2:44; 7:14,27; Mic 4:7; Zec 14:9; Lk 1:33
e Rev 4:4
f Rev 4:10
g Ps 30:12
h Rev 1:8
i Rev 1:4
j Rev 19:6
k Ps 2:1
l Rev 20:12
m Rev 10:7
n Rev 19:5
o Rev 15:5,8
p Ex 25:10–22; 2Ch 5:7; Heb 9:4
q Rev 4:5
r Rev 16:21