Revelation 11
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Revelation 11:2-19

21Leave out the 2courtyard which is outside the 3temple and do not measure it, because 4it has been given to the nations; and they will 5trample 6the holy city for 7forty-two months. 3And I will grant authority to my two 8witnesses, and they will prophesy for 91,260 days, clothed in 10sackcloth.” 4These are the 11two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5And if anyone wants to harm them, 12fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; and so if anyone wants to harm them, 13he must be killed in this way. 6These have the power to 14shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during 15the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to 16turn them into blood, and 17to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

7When they have finished their testimony, 18the beast that comes up out of the 19abyss will 20make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. 8And their dead bodies will lie on the street of the 21great city which 22spiritually is called 23Sodom and 24Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9Those from 25the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their dead 26bodies for three and a half days, and 2728will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. 10And 29those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will 30send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented 31those who live on the earth.

11And after the three and a half days, 32the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them. 12And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “33Come up here.” And they 34went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13And 35at that time there was a great 36earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; 37seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and 38gave glory to the 39God of heaven.

14The second 40woe has passed; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

15Then the 41seventh angel sounded; and there were 42loud voices in heaven, saying,

“43The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of 44His 45Christ; and 46He will reign forever and ever.” 16And the twenty-four elders, who 47sit on their thrones before God, 48fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17saying,

“We give You thanks, 49Lord God, the Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to 50reign. 18And 51the nations were enraged, and 52Your wrath came, and 53the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to 54reward Your 55bond-servants the prophets and the 56saints and those who fear Your name, 57the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

19And 58the 59temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and 60the ark of His covenant appeared in His 61temple, and there were flashes of 62lightning and sounds and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a 63great 64hailstorm.

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Notes

  1. 1. Revelation 11:2 Lit Throw out ↩
  2. 2. Revelation 11:2 Ezek 40:17, 20 ↩
  3. 3. Revelation 11:2 Or sanctuary ↩
  4. 4. Revelation 11:2 Luke 21:24 ↩
  5. 5. Revelation 11:2 Luke 21:24 ↩
  6. 6. Revelation 11:2 Is 52:1; Matt 4:5; 27:53; Rev 21:2, 10; 22:19 ↩
  7. 7. Revelation 11:2 Dan 7:25; 12:7; Rev 12:6; 13:5 ↩
  8. 8. Revelation 11:3 Rev 1:5; 2:13 ↩
  9. 9. Revelation 11:3 Dan 7:25; 12:7; Rev 12:6; 13:5 ↩
  10. 10. Revelation 11:3 Gen 37:34; 2 Sam 3:31; 1 Kin 21:27; 2 Kin 19:1f; Neh 9:1; Esth 4:1; Ps 69:11; Joel 1:13; Jon 3:5f, 8 ↩
  11. 11. Revelation 11:4 Ps 52:8; Jer 11:16; Zech 4:3, 11, 14 ↩
  12. 12. Revelation 11:5 2 Kin 1:10-12; Jer 5:14; Rev 9:17f ↩
  13. 13. Revelation 11:5 Num 16:29, 35 ↩
  14. 14. Revelation 11:6 1 Kin 17:1; Luke 4:25 ↩
  15. 15. Revelation 11:6 Rev 11:3 ↩
  16. 16. Revelation 11:6 Ex 7:17ff; Rev 8:8 ↩
  17. 17. Revelation 11:6 1 Sam 4:8 ↩
  18. 18. Revelation 11:7 Rev 13:1ff; 17:8 ↩
  19. 19. Revelation 11:7 Rev 9:1 ↩
  20. 20. Revelation 11:7 Dan 7:21; Rev 13:7 ↩
  21. 21. Revelation 11:8 Rev 14:8; 16:19; 17:18; 18:2, 10, 16, 18, 19, 21 ↩
  22. 22. Revelation 11:8 I.e., from the viewpoint of the Holy Spirit ↩
  23. 23. Revelation 11:8 Is 1:9, 10; 3:9; Jer 23:14; Ezek 16:46, 49 ↩
  24. 24. Revelation 11:8 Ezek 23:3, 8, 19, 27 ↩
  25. 25. Revelation 11:9 Rev 5:9; 10:11 ↩
  26. 26. Revelation 11:9 Lit body ↩
  27. 27. Revelation 11:9 Lit do not permit ↩
  28. 28. Revelation 11:9 1 Kin 13:22; Ps 79:2f ↩
  29. 29. Revelation 11:10 Rev 3:10 ↩
  30. 30. Revelation 11:10 Neh 8:10, 12; Esth 9:19, 22 ↩
  31. 31. Revelation 11:10 Rev 3:10 ↩
  32. 32. Revelation 11:11 Ezek 37:5, 9, 10, 14 ↩
  33. 33. Revelation 11:12 Rev 4:1 ↩
  34. 34. Revelation 11:12 2 Kin 2:11; Acts 1:9 ↩
  35. 35. Revelation 11:13 Or in that hour ↩
  36. 36. Revelation 11:13 Rev 6:12; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18 ↩
  37. 37. Revelation 11:13 Lit names of people, seven thousand ↩
  38. 38. Revelation 11:13 John 9:24; Rev 14:7; 16:9; 19:7 ↩
  39. 39. Revelation 11:13 Rev 16:11 ↩
  40. 40. Revelation 11:14 Rev 8:13; 9:12 ↩
  41. 41. Revelation 11:15 Rev 8:2; 10:7 ↩
  42. 42. Revelation 11:15 Rev 16:17; 19:1 ↩
  43. 43. Revelation 11:15 Rev 12:10 ↩
  44. 44. Revelation 11:15 Ps 2:2; Acts 4:26 ↩
  45. 45. Revelation 11:15 I.e., Messiah ↩
  46. 46. Revelation 11:15 Ex 15:18; Dan 2:44; 7:14, 27; Luke 1:33 ↩
  47. 47. Revelation 11:16 Matt 19:28; Rev 4:4 ↩
  48. 48. Revelation 11:16 Rev 4:10 ↩
  49. 49. Revelation 11:17 Rev 1:8 ↩
  50. 50. Revelation 11:17 Rev 19:6 ↩
  51. 51. Revelation 11:18 Ps 2:1 ↩
  52. 52. Revelation 11:18 Ps 2:5; 110:5 ↩
  53. 53. Revelation 11:18 Dan 7:10; Rev 20:12 ↩
  54. 54. Revelation 11:18 Lit give the reward to ↩
  55. 55. Revelation 11:18 Rev 10:7; 16:6 ↩
  56. 56. Revelation 11:18 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
  57. 57. Revelation 11:18 Ps 115:13; Rev 13:16; 19:5 ↩
  58. 58. Revelation 11:19 Rev 4:1; 15:5 ↩
  59. 59. Revelation 11:19 Or sanctuary ↩
  60. 60. Revelation 11:19 Heb 9:4 ↩
  61. 61. Revelation 11:19 Or sanctuary ↩
  62. 62. Revelation 11:19 Rev 4:5; 8:5; 16:18 ↩
  63. 63. Revelation 11:19 Rev 16:21 ↩
  64. 64. Revelation 11:19 Lit hail ↩

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