1 Then I was givenmch. 21:15, 16; Ezek. 40:3; Zech. 2:1 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 measurenEzek. 40:17, 20 the court outside the temple; leave that out, foroSee Luke 21:24 it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city forpch. 12:6; 13:5 forty-two months. 3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy forp[See ver. 2 above] 1,260 days,qIsa. 20:2 clothed in sackcloth. ”
4 These arerZech. 4:3, 11, 14; [Ps. 52:8; Jer. 11:16] the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone would harm them,s[2 Kgs. 1:10, 12; Jer. 5:14] fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them,t[Num. 16:29, 35] this is how he is doomed to be killed. 6 They have the poweru[1 Kgs. 17:1; Luke 4:25; James 5:17] 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 andv[Ex. 7–10; 1 Sam. 4:8] to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. 7 And when they have finished their testimony,wch. 17:8; [ch. 13:1] the beast that rises fromxSee ch. 9:1 the bottomless pit1Or the abyssyDan. 7:21 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 is calledzIsa. 1:10; 3:9 Sodom anda[Ezek. 23:3, 8, 19, 27] 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 andbPs. 79:2, 3 refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10 andc[John 16:20]; See ch. 3:10 those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry anddNeh. 8:10, 12; Esth. 9:19, 22 exchange presents, because these two prophetse[1 Kgs. 18:17] had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half daysfGen. 2:7; Ezek. 37:5, 9, 10, 14 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,gch. 4:1 “Come up here! ” Andh[ch. 12:5; 2 Kgs. 2:11] they went up to heaveni[Acts 1:9] in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13 And at that hour there wasjch. 6:12 a great earthquake, andk[ch. 16:19] a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified andlch. 14:7; 16:9; 19:7; Josh. 7:19 gave glory tom2 Chr. 36:23 the God of heaven.
14 n[ch. 8:13; 9:12] The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.
15 Thenoch. 10:7 the seventh angel blew his trumpet, andpch. 16:17; 19:1; [Isa. 27:13] there were loud voices in heaven, saying,qch. 12:10 “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and ofrPs. 2:2 (Gk.); Luke 9:20 his Christ, andsSee Luke 1:33 he shall reign forever and ever. ”
16 And the twenty-four elderstch. 4:4 who sit on their thrones before GoduSee ch. 4:10 fell on their faces and worshiped God,
17 saying,
“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,
vch. 16:5; [ch. 1:4, 8; 4:8] who is and who was,
for you have taken your great power
andwch. 19:6; Ps. 97:1 begun to reign.
18 The nations raged,
butxPs. 2:5; 110:5 your wrath came,
andych. 6:10; 20:12; [Dan. 7:10; 2 Thess. 1:6, 7] the time for the dead to be judged,
and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,
andzch. 19:5 those who fear your name,
both small and great,
anda[ch. 13:10] for destroying the destroyers of the earth. ”
19 Thenbch. 15:5 God's temple in heaven was opened, andcSee Heb. 9:4 the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings,1Or voices, or sounds peals of thunder, an earthquake, anddch. 16:21 heavy hail.