11:1 Then¹ a measuring rod² like a staff was given to me, and I was told,³ “Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there. 11:2 But⁴ do not measure the outer courtyard⁵ of the temple; leave it out,⁶ because it has been given to the Gentiles,⁷ and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months. 11:3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority⁸ to prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, dressed in sackcloth. 11:4 (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.)⁹ 11:5 If¹⁰ anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths¹¹ and completely consumes¹² their enemies. If¹³ anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. 11:6 These two have the power¹⁴ to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time¹⁵ they are prophesying. They¹⁶ have power¹⁷ to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. 11:7 When¹⁸ they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer¹⁹ them and kill them. 11:8 Their²⁰ corpses will lie in the street²¹ of the great city that is symbolically²² called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. 11:9 For three and a half days those from every²³ people, tribe,²⁴ nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb.²⁵ 11:10 And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. 11:11 But²⁶ after three and half days a breath of life from God entered them and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized²⁷ those who were watching them. 11:12 Then²⁸ they²⁹ heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: “Come up here!” So the two prophets³⁰ went up to heaven in a cloud while³¹ their enemies stared at them. 11:13 Just then³² a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people³³ were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

11:14 The second woe has come and gone;³⁴ the third is coming quickly.

11:15 Then³⁵ the seventh angel sounded his trumpet and there were loud voices in heaven saying:

“The kingdom of the world
has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Christ,³⁶
and he will reign for ever and ever.”

11:16 Then³⁷ the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground³⁸ and worshiped God 11:17 with these words:³⁹

“We give you thanks, Lord God All-Powerful,⁴⁰
The one who is and who was,
Because you have taken your great power
And begun to reign.⁴¹
11:18 The⁴² nations⁴³ were enraged,
but⁴⁴ your wrath has come,
and the time has come for the dead to be judged,
and the time has come to give to your servants,⁴⁵
the prophets, their reward,
as well as to the saints
and to those who revere⁴⁶ your name, both small and great;
and the time has come⁴⁷ to destroy those who destroy⁴⁸ the earth.”

11:19 Then⁴⁹ the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring,⁵⁰ crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.⁵¹