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Then there was given me a ^[a](a)measuring rod like a staff; ^[b]and ^(b)someone said, "Get up and measure the ^[c]temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.

^[d]Leave out the ^(c)court which is outside the ^[e]temple and do not measure it, for ^(d)it has been given to the nations; and they will ^(e)tread under foot ^(f)the holy city for ^(g)forty-two months.

And I will grant authority to my two ^(h)witnesses, and they will prophesy for ⁽ⁱ⁾twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in ^(j)sackcloth."

These are the ^(k)two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

And if anyone wants to harm them, ^(l)fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, ^(m)he must be killed in this way.

These have the power to ⁽ⁿ⁾shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during ^(o)the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to ^(p)turn them into blood, and ^(q)to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

When they have finished their testimony, ^(r)the beast that comes up out of the ^(s)abyss will ^(t)make war with them, and overcome them and kill them.

And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the ^(u)great city which ^[f]mystically is called ^(v)Sodom and ^(w)Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

Those from ^(x)the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead ^[g]bodies for three and a half days, and ^[h](y)will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

And ^(z)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will ^(aa)send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ^(ab)those who dwell on the earth.

But after the three and a half days, ^(ac)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.

And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "^(ad)Come up here." Then they ^(ae)went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.

And in that hour there was a great ^(af)earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; ^[i]seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^(ag)gave glory to the ^(ah)God of heaven.

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

Then the ^(aj)seventh angel sounded; and there were ^(ak)loud voices in heaven, saying, "^(al)The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(am)His ^[j]Christ; and ^(an)He will reign forever and ever."

And the twenty-four elders, who ^(ao)sit on their thrones before God, ^(ap)fell on their faces and worshiped God,

saying, "We give You thanks, ^(aq)O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to ^(ar)reign.

And ^(as)the nations were enraged, and ^(at)Your wrath came, and ^(au)the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to ^[k]reward Your ^(av)bond-servants the prophets and the ^[l]saints and those who fear Your name, ^(aw)the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

And ^(ax)the ^[m]temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and ^(ay)the ark of His covenant appeared in His ^[n]temple, and there were flashes of ^(az)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a ^(ba)great ^[o]hailstorm.