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Revelation 11
1And a reed like a rod was given to me, saying, "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those worshiping in it.
2And the outer court of the temple — leave it out and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
3And I will give to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days clothed in sackcloth."
4These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
5And if anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and devours their enemies; and if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.
6These have authority to shut heaven so that rain does not fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every plague as often as they wish.
7And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war with them and overcome them and kill them.
8And their corpse will be on the street of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified.
9And from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations they look at their corpse for three and a half days, and they do not allow their corpses to be placed in a tomb.
10And those dwelling on the earth rejoice over them and celebrate and will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those dwelling on the earth.
11And after the three and a half days a spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those beholding them.
12And 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.
13And in that hour a great earthquake occurred, and a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.
15And the seventh angel sounded, and great voices occurred in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will reign forever and ever."
16And the twenty-four elders who are seated before the throne of God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,
17saying, "We give thanks to You, Lord God the Almighty, who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and begun to reign.
18And the nations were angry, and Your wrath came, and the appointed time for the dead to be judged and to give reward to Your servants the prophets and to the holy ones and to those fearing Your name — the small and the great — and to destroy those who destroy the earth."
19And the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord appeared in His temple, and there occurred flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and great hail.