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The Two Witnesses

¹ Then I was given a measuring reed^(C1) like a rod,^(F1) with these words: “Go^(F2) and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there. ² But exclude the courtyard outside the temple.^(C1) Don’t measure it, because it is given to the nations,^(F1)(C2) and they will trample the holy city^(C3) for forty-two months.^{(C4) 3} I will grant^(F1) my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.”^{(C1) 4} These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord^(F1) of the earth.^{(C1) 5} If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies;^(C1) if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way. ⁶ They have authority to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy.^(C1) They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood^(C2) and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want.^(C3)

The Witnesses Martyred

⁷ When they finish their testimony, the beast^(C1) that comes up out of the abyss^(C2) will make war on them, conquer them, and kill them. ⁸ Their dead bodies^(F1)(C1) will lie in the main street^(F2) of the great city,^(C2) which figuratively^(F3) is called Sodom^(C3) and Egypt,^(C4) where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹ And some of^(F1) the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations^(C1) will view their bodies for three and a half days and not permit their bodies to be put into a tomb.^{(C2) 10} Those who live on the earth will gloat^(C1) over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

The Witnesses Resurrected

¹¹ But after three and a half days, the breath^(F1) of life^(C1) from God entered them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them. ¹² Then they heard^(F1) a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” They went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched them.^{(C1) 13} At that moment a violent earthquake took place,^(C1) a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake. The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

¹⁴ The second woe^(C1) has passed. Take note: The third woe is coming soon!

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵ The seventh angel blew his trumpet,^(C1) and there were loud voices in heaven saying,

¹⁶ The twenty-four elders, who were seated before God on their thrones, fell facedown and worshiped God, ¹⁷ saying,

¹⁹ Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant^(F1) appeared in his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder,^(C1) an earthquake,^(F2) and severe hail.