REVELATION 11 [†]Then I was given  m a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2but do not measure  n the court outside the temple; leave that out, for  o it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for  p forty-two months. 3[†]And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for  p 1,260 days,  q clothed in sackcloth.”

4[†]These are  r the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5[†]And if anyone would harm them,  s fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them,  t this is how he is doomed to be killed. 6They have the power  u 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  v to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. 7[†]And when they have finished their testimony,  w the beast that rises from  x the bottomless pit [1]  y will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, 8and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically [2] is called  z Sodom and  a Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. 9For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and  b refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, 10and  c those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and  d exchange presents, because these two prophets  e had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. 11[†]But after the three and a half days  f a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them,  g “Come up here!” And  h they went up to heaven  i in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13And at that hour there was  j a great earthquake, and  k a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and  l gave glory to  m the God of heaven.

14 n The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.

15[†]Then  o the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and  p there were loud voices in heaven, saying,  q “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of  r his Christ, and  s he shall reign forever and ever.” 16And the twenty-four elders  t who sit on their thrones before God  u fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17saying,

“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,

 v who is and who was,

for you have taken your great power

and  w begun to reign.

18 The nations raged,

but  x your wrath came,

and  y the time for the dead to be judged,

and for rewarding your servants, [3] the prophets and saints,

and  z those who fear your name,

both small and great,

and  a for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”

19[†]Then  b God’s temple in heaven was opened, and  c the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, [4] peals of thunder, an earthquake, and  d heavy hail.