And I will appoint my two witnesses,(A) and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,(B) clothed in sackcloth.”(C) They are “the two olive trees”(D) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”[a](E) 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) 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 11:4 See Zech. 4:3,11,14.

11 But after the three and a half days(A) the breath[a] of life from God entered them,(B) 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.”(C) And they went up to heaven in a cloud,(D) while their enemies looked on.

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

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

The Seventh Trumpet

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

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

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

“We give thanks(O) to you, Lord God Almighty,(P)
    the One who is and who was,(Q)
because you have taken your great power
    and have begun to reign.(R)
18 The nations were angry,(S)
    and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,(T)
    and for rewarding your servants the prophets(U)
and your people who revere your name,
    both great and small(V)
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 11:11 Or Spirit (see Ezek. 37:5,14)

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