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The Two Witnesses

¹ Then there was given me a ^(F1)(C1)measuring rod like a staff; ^(F2)and ^(C2)someone said, "Get up and measure the ^(F3)temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.² "^(F1)Leave out the ^(C1)court which is outside the ^(F2)temple and do not measure it, for ^(C2)it has been given to the nations; and they will ^(C2)tread under foot ^(C3)the holy city for ^(C4)forty-two months.³ "And I will grant authority to my two ^(C1)witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^(C2)twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in ^(C3)sackcloth."⁴ These are the ^(C1)two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.⁵ And if anyone wants to harm them, ^(C1)fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, ^(C2)he must be killed in this way.⁶ These have the power to ^(C1)shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during ^(C2)the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to ^(C3)turn them into blood, and ^(C4)to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

⁷ When they have finished their testimony, ^(C1)the beast that comes up out of the ^(C2)abyss will ^(C3)make war with them, and overcome them and kill them.⁸ And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the ^(C1)great city which ^(F1)mystically is called ^(C2)Sodom and ^(C3)Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.⁹ Those from ^(C1)the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead ^(F1)bodies for three and a half days, and ^(F2)(C2)will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.¹⁰ And ^(C1)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will ^(C2)send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ^(C1)those who dwell on the earth.

¹¹ But after the three and a half days, ^(C1)the 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, "^(C1)Come up here." Then they ^(C2)went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.¹³ And in that hour there was a great ^(C1)earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; ^(F1)seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^(C2)gave glory to the ^(C3)God of heaven.

¹⁴ The second ^(C1)woe is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet—Christ's Reign Foreseen

¹⁵ Then the ^(C1)seventh angel sounded; and there were ^(C2)loud voices in heaven, saying, "^(C3)The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(C4)His ^(F1)Christ; and ^(C5)He will reign forever and ever."¹⁶ And the twenty-four elders, who ^(C1)sit on their thrones before God, ^(C2)fell on their faces and worshiped God,

¹⁷ saying, "We give You thanks, ^(C1)O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to ^(C2)reign.¹⁸ "And ^(C1)the nations were enraged, and ^(C2)Your wrath came, and ^(C3)the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to ^(F1)reward Your ^(C4)bond-servants the prophets and the ^(F2)saints and those who fear Your name, ^(C5)the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

¹⁹ And ^(C1)the ^(F1)temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and ^(C2)the ark of His covenant appeared in His ^(F1)temple, and there were flashes of ^(C3)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a ^(C4)great ^(F2)hailstorm.