Revelation 11-12

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The Two Witnesses

11 I was given a reed like a measuring rod^(A) and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. ²But exclude the outer court;^(B) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.^(C) They will trample on the holy city^(D) for 42 months.^(E) ³And I will appoint my two witnesses,^(F) and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,^(G) clothed in sackcloth.”^(H) ⁴They are “the two olive trees”^(I) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”^[a]^(J) ⁵If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.^(K) This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.^(L) ⁶They have power to shut up the heavens^(M) so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying;^(N) and they have power to turn the waters into blood^(O) and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

⁷Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast^(P) that comes up from the Abyss^(Q) will attack them,^(R) and overpower and kill them. ⁸Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city^(S)—which is figuratively called Sodom^(T) and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.^(U) ⁹For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation^(V) will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.^(W) ¹⁰The inhabitants of the earth^(X) will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts,^(Y) because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

¹¹But after the three and a half days^(Z) the breath^[b] of life from God entered them,^(AA) and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. ¹²Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.”^(AB) And they went up to heaven in a cloud,^(AC) while their enemies looked on.

¹³At that very hour there was a severe earthquake^(AD) and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory^(AE) to the God of heaven.^(AF)

¹⁴The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.^(AG)

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵The seventh angel sounded his trumpet,^(AH) and there were loud voices^(AI) in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become
the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,^(AJ)
and he will reign for ever and ever.”^(AK)

¹⁶And the twenty-four elders,^(AL) who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces^(AM) and worshiped God, ¹⁷saying:

“We give thanks^(AN) to you, Lord God Almighty,^(AO)
    the One who is and who was,^(AP)
because you have taken your great power
    and have begun to reign.^(AQ)
¹⁸The nations were angry,^(AR)
    and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,^(AS)
    and for rewarding your servants the prophets^(AT)
and your people who revere your name,
    both great and small^(AU)—
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

¹⁹Then God’s temple^(AV) in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant.^(AW) And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder,^(AX) an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.^(AY)

The Woman and the Dragon

12 A great sign^(AZ) appeared in heaven:^(BA) a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars^(BB) on her head. ²She was pregnant and cried out in pain^(BC) as she was about to give birth. ³Then another sign appeared in heaven:^(BD) an enormous red dragon^(BE) with seven heads^(BF) and ten horns^(BG) and seven crowns^(BH) on its heads. ⁴Its tail swept a third^(BI) of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.^(BJ) The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child^(BK) the moment he was born. ⁵She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”^[c]^(BL) And her child was snatched up^(BM) to God and to his throne. ⁶The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.^(BN)

⁷Then war broke out in heaven. Michael^(BO) and his angels fought against the dragon,^(BP) and the dragon and his angels^(BQ) fought back. ⁸But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. ⁹The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent^(BR) called the devil,^(BS) or Satan,^(BT) who leads the whole world astray.^(BU) He was hurled to the earth,^(BV) and his angels with him.

¹⁰Then I heard a loud voice in heaven^(BW) say:

“Now have come the salvation^(BX) and the power
    and the kingdom of our God,
    and the authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,^(BY)
    who accuses them before our God day and night,
    has been hurled down.
¹¹They triumphed over^(BZ) him
    by the blood of the Lamb^(CA)
    and by the word of their testimony;^(CB)
they did not love their lives so much
    as to shrink from death.^(CC)
¹²Therefore rejoice, you heavens^(CD)
    and you who dwell in them!
But woe^(CE) to the earth and the sea,^(CF)
    because the devil has gone down to you!
He is filled with fury,
    because he knows that his time is short.”

¹³When the dragon^(CG) saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.^(CH) ¹⁴The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle,^(CI) so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time,^(CJ) out of the serpent’s reach. ¹⁵Then from his mouth the serpent^(CK) spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. ¹⁶But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. ¹⁷Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war^(CL) against the rest of her offspring^(CM)—those who keep God’s commands^(CN) and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.^(CO)