³ And I will appoint my two witnesses,^(A) and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,^(B) clothed in sackcloth.”^{(C) 4} They are “the two olive trees”^(D) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”^{[a](E) 5} If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.^(F) This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.^{(G) 6} They have power to shut up the heavens^(H) so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying;^(I) and they have power to turn the waters into blood^(J) and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

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

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

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

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

The Seventh Trumpet

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

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

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

The Woman and the Dragon

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

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

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