Then there was given to me a 1ameasuring rod like a staff; 2and bsomeone said, “Get up and measure the 3temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.Lit reedLit sayingOr sanctuaryEzek 40:3-42:20; Zech 2:1; Rev 21:15fRev 10:11 2 1Leave out the acourtyard which is outside the 2temple and do not measure it, because bit has been given to the nations; and they will ctrample dthe holy city for eforty-two months.Lit Throw outOr sanctuaryEzek 40:17, 20Luke 21:24Is 52:1; Matt 4:5; 27:53; Rev 21:2, 10; 22:19Dan 7:25; 12:7; Rev 12:6; 13:5 3 And I will grant authority to my two awitnesses, and they will prophesy for b1,260 days, clothed in csackcloth.”Rev 1:5; 2:13Dan 7:25; 12:7; Rev 12:6; 13:5Gen 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 4 These are the atwo olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.Ps 52:8; Jer 11:16; Zech 4:3, 11, 14 5 And if anyone wants to harm them, afire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; and so if anyone wants to harm them, bhe must be killed in this way.2 Kin 1:10-12; Jer 5:14; Rev 9:17fNum 16:29, 35 6 These have the power to ashut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during bthe days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to cturn them into blood, and dto strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.1 Kin 17:1; Luke 4:25Rev 11:3Ex 7:17ff; Rev 8:81 Sam 4:8
7 When they have finished their testimony, athe beast that comes up out of the babyss will cmake war with them, and overcome them and kill them.Rev 13:1ff; 17:8Rev 9:1Dan 7:21; Rev 13:7 8 And their dead bodies will lie on the street of the agreat city which 1spiritually is called bSodom and cEgypt, where also their Lord was crucified.I.e., from the viewpoint of the Holy SpiritRev 14:8; 16:19; 17:18; 18:2, 10, 16, 18, 19, 21Is 1:9, 10; 3:9; Jer 23:14; Ezek 16:46, 49Ezek 23:3, 8, 19, 27 9 Those from athe peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their dead 1bodies for three and a half days, and 2bwill not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.Lit bodyLit do not permitRev 5:9; 10:111 Kin 13:22; Ps 79:2f 10 And athose who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will bsend gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented cthose who live on the earth.Rev 3:10Neh 8:10, 12; Esth 9:19, 22
11 And after the three and a half days, athe breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them.Ezek 37:5, 9, 10, 14 12 And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “aCome up here.” And they bwent up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.Rev 4:12 Kin 2:11; Acts 1:9 13 And 1at that time there was a great aearthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; 2seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and bgave glory to the cGod of heaven.Or in that hourLit names of people, seven thousandRev 6:12; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18John 9:24; Rev 14:7; 16:9; 19:7Rev 16:11
14 The second awoe has passed; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.Rev 8:13; 9:12
15 Then the aseventh angel sounded; and there were bloud voices in heaven, saying,“cThe kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of dHis 1Christ; and eHe will reign forever and ever.”I.e., MessiahRev 8:2; 10:7Rev 16:17; 19:1Rev 12:10Ps 2:2; Acts 4:26Ex 15:18; Dan 2:44; 7:14, 27; Luke 1:33 16 And the twenty-four elders, who asit on their thrones before God, bfell on their faces and worshiped God,Matt 19:28; Rev 4:4Rev 4:10 17 saying,“We give You thanks, aLord God, the Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to breign.Rev 1:8Rev 19:6 18 And athe nations were enraged, and bYour wrath came, and cthe time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to 1reward Your dbond-servants the prophets and the 2saints and those who fear Your name, ethe small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”Lit give the reward toLit holy ones; i.e., God’s peoplePs 2:1Ps 2:5; 110:5Dan 7:10; Rev 20:12Rev 10:7; 16:6Ps 115:13; Rev 13:16; 19:5
19 And athe 1temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and bthe ark of His covenant appeared in His 2temple, and there were flashes of clightning and sounds and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a dgreat 3hailstorm.Or sanctuaryLit hailRev 4:1; 15:5Heb 9:4Rev 4:5; 8:5; 16:18Rev 16:21