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The Two Witnesses

¹ Then I was given ^(a)a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, ² but do not measure ^(b)the court outside the temple; leave that out, for ^(c)it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for ^(d)forty-two months. ³ And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^(e)1,260 days, ^(f)clothed in sackcloth."

⁴ These are ^(g)the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ And if anyone would harm them, ^(h)fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, ⁽ⁱ⁾this is how he is doomed to be killed. ⁶ They have the power ^(j)to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and ^(k)to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. ⁷ And when they have finished their testimony, ^(l)the beast that rises from ^(m)the bottomless pit^{[a] (n)}will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, ⁸ and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically^[b] is called ^(o)Sodom and ^(p)Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. ⁹ For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and ^(q)refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, ¹⁰ and ^(r)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and ^(s)exchange presents, because these two prophets ^(t)had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. ¹¹ But after the three and a half days ^(u)a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. ¹² Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, ^(v)"Come up here!" And ^(w)they went up to heaven ^(x)in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³ And at that hour there was ^(y)a great earthquake, and ^(z)a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^(aa)gave glory to ^(ab)the God of heaven.

^14 (ac)The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵ Then ^(ad)the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and ^(ae)there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ^(af)"The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(ag)his Christ, and ^(ah)he shall reign forever and ever." ¹⁶ And the twenty-four elders ^(ai)who sit on their thrones before God ^(aj)fell on their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷ saying,

¹⁹ Then ^(aq)God's temple in heaven was opened, and ^(ar)the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings,^[c] peals of thunder, an earthquake, and ^(as)heavy hail.