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¹ And there was given me a reed like a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those that worship therein.² And the court which is outside the temple leave outside, and do not measure it; for it has been given to the nations: and they shall tread the holy city under foot forty and two months.

³ And I will give to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.⁴ These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks, who stand before the Lord of the earth.⁵ And if any man desires to hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed.⁶ These have the power to shut the heaven, that it not rain during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire.⁷ And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.⁸ And their dead bodies [lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.⁹ And from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do [men] look at their dead bodies three days and a half, and do not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.¹⁰ And those that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented those that dwell on the earth.¹¹ And after the three days and a half the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell on those that watched them.¹² And they heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they went up into heaven in the cloud; and their enemies watched them.¹³ And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand names of men: and the rest were frightened, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

¹⁴ The second Woe is past: look, the third Woe comes quickly.¹⁵ And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world has become [the kingdom] of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign forever and ever.¹⁶ And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell on their faces and worshiped God,¹⁷ saying, We give you thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were; because you have taken your great power, and did reign.¹⁸ And the nations were angry, and your wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and [the time] to give their reward to your slaves the prophets, and to the saints, and to those that fear your name, the small and the great; and to destroy those that destroy the earth.¹⁹ And the temple of God that is in heaven was opened; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.