Apocalipse 11

The Two Witnesses

1 Then I was given *ch. 21:15,16;Ezek. 40:3;Zech. 2:1a 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 measure *Ezek. 40:17,20the court outside the temple; leave that out, for *See Luke 21:24it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for *ch. 12:6;13:5forty-two months. 3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for *[See ver. 2above] 1,260 days, *Isa. 20:2clothed in sackcloth."

4 These are *Zech. 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, *[2 Kgs. 1:10,12;Jer. 5:14] fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, *[Num. 16:29,35]this is how he is doomed to be killed. 6 They have the power *[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 and *[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, *ch. 17:8;[ch. 13:1] the beast that rises from *See ch. 9:1the bottomless pit*11:7 Or the abyss*Dan. 7:21will 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*11:8 Greek spiritually is called *Isa. 1:10;3:9Sodom and *[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 and *Ps. 79:2,3refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10 and *[John 16:20]; See ch. 3:10those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and *Neh. 8:10,12;Esth. 9:19,22exchange presents, because these two prophets *[1 Kgs. 18:17]had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. 11 But after the three and a half days *Gen. 2:7;Ezek. 37:5,9,10,14a 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, *ch. 4:1"Come up here!" And *[ch. 12:5;2 Kgs. 2:11] they went up to heaven *[Acts 1:9]in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13 And at that hour there was *ch. 6:12a great earthquake, and *[ch. 16:19] a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and *ch. 14:7;16:9;19:7;Josh. 7:19gave glory to *2 Chr. 36:23the God of heaven.

14 *[ch. 8:13;9:12]The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.

The Seventh Trumpet

15 Then *ch. 10:7the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and *ch. 16:17;19:1;[Isa. 27:13] there were loud voices in heaven, saying, *ch. 12:10"The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of *Ps. 2:2(Gk.);Luke 9:20his Christ, and *See Luke 1:33he shall reign forever and ever." 16 And the twenty-four elders *ch. 4:4who sit on their thrones before God *See ch. 4:10fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,

"We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,

*ch. 16:5;[ch. 1:4,8;4:8] who is and who was,

for you have taken your great power

and *ch. 19:6;Ps. 97:1begun to reign.

18 The nations raged,

but *Ps. 2:5;110:5your wrath came,

and *ch. 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,

and *ch. 19:5those who fear your name,

both small and great,

and *[ch. 13:10]for destroying the destroyers of the earth."

19 Then *ch. 15:5God’s temple in heaven was opened, and *See Heb. 9:4the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings,*11:19 Or voices, or sounds peals of thunder, an earthquake, and *ch. 16:21heavy hail.