Revelation 11:4-6
Expanded Bible
4 These two witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth [C reminiscent of Zerubbabel and Joshua whom God used to build the second temple in spite of opposition; Zech. 4:2–6]. 5 And if anyone ·tries [wants] to ·hurt [harm; damage] them, fire comes from their mouths and ·kills [consumes; devours] their enemies [Jer. 5:14]. And if anyone ·tries [wants] to ·hurt [harm; damage] them in whatever way, in that same way that person ·will [or must] die. 6 These witnesses have the ·power [authority] to ·stop the sky [close the heavens] from raining during the time they are prophesying [1 Kin. 17:1]. And they have ·power [authority] to make the waters become blood [8:8; 16:3–4; Ex. 7:17–21], and they have ·power [authority] to send every kind of ·trouble [plague] to the earth as many times as they want.
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Revelation 11:4-6
New International Version
4 They are “the two olive trees”(A) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”[a](B) 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.(C) This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.(D) 6 They have power to shut up the heavens(E) so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying;(F) and they have power to turn the waters into blood(G) and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
Footnotes
- Revelation 11:4 See Zech. 4:3,11,14.
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