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Revelation 11 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

The Two Witnesses

Rev 11:1

Rev 11:1Then there was given me a [fn]measuring rod like a staff; [fn]and someone said, “Get up and measure the [fn]temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.

Rev 11:2

Rev 11:2“[fn]Leave out the court which is outside the [fn]temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months.

Rev 11:3

Rev 11:3“And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Rev 11:4

Rev 11:4These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

Rev 11:5

Rev 11:5And if anyone wants to harm them, fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.

Rev 11:6

Rev 11:6These have the power to shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

Rev 11:7

Rev 11:7When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them.

Rev 11:8

Rev 11:8And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which [fn]mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

Rev 11:9

Rev 11:9Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead [fn]bodies for three and a half days, and [fn]will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

Rev 11:10

Rev 11:10And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

Rev 11:11

Rev 11:11But after the three and a half days, 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.

Rev 11:12

Rev 11:12And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” Then they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.

Rev 11:13

Rev 11:13And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; [fn]seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Rev 11:14

Rev 11:14The second woe is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet--Christ's Reign Foreseen

Rev 11:15

Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His [fn]Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”

Rev 11:16

Rev 11:16And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

Rev 11:17

Rev 11:17saying, “We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

Rev 11:18

Rev 11:18“And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to [fn]reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the [fn]saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Rev 11:19

Rev 11:19And the [fn]temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His [fn]temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great [fn]hailstorm.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: reed
Literally: saying
Or, sanctuary
Literally: Throw out
Or, sanctuary
Literally: spiritually
Literally: body
Literally: do not permit
Literally: names of people, seven thousand
I.e. Messiah
Literally: give the reward to
Or, holy ones
Or, sanctuary
Literally: hail
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