 1 Then a reed like rod was given to me and the angel standing there said: Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there. 2 But leave out and do not measure the court that is outside+ the temple for it is given to the Gentiles and they shall tread the holy city under foot for forty two months. 3 I will give power to my two witnesses and they shall prophesy for a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These two witnesses are the two olive trees and two candlesticks standing before the God of the Earth. Zechariah 4:2..12 5 If anyone tries to hurt them, fire will come+ out of their mouth and devour their enemies. If anyone tries to hurt them, they must be killed in the same way. 6 These two witnesses have the power to shut up Heaven so that it will not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters to turn them to blood and to strike+ the Earth with all kinds of plagues as often as they will it to be done. 7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast~ will ascend out of the bottomless pit to make war against them and overcome them and kill them. 8 Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that is spiritually~ called Sodom and Egypt, where our Lord was also in essence crucified. 9 All the people and families+ and tongues and nations will see their dead bodies for three and a half days but will not allow+ their bodies to be put into graves. 10 Then those who live on the Earth will rejoice and make merry and send gifts to each other because these two prophets tormented those who lived+ on the Earth. 11 After three and a half days, the spirit of life from God entered them and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell upon all who saw them. 12 Then they all heard a great voice from Heaven say to the two witnesses: Come up here. And their enemies saw+ them as they ascended up to Heaven in a cloud. 13 In that same hour, there was a great Earthquake and a tenth part of the city fell and seven thousand people+ were killed+. Those who remained+ were frightened+ and gave glory to the God of Heaven. 14 Now the second woe is past and behold the third woe is quickly coming. 15 The seventh angel sounded and there were great voices in Heaven saying: The kingdoms of this world now become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ and He shall reign forever and ever. 16 Then the twenty four elders who sat on their seats before God fell face down and worshiped God 17 saying: We give you thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who is and was and is to come, because you have now taken up your great power to reign. 18 The nations were angry, but now your wrath has come. And the time has come for the dead to be judged and to give rewards to your servants the prophets and to the saints and to those who fear your name, great and small, and to destroy those who have destroyed the Earth. 19 Then the temple of God was opened in Heaven and the ark of His covenant+ appeared+ with lightning and voices and thunder and an Earthquake and great hail.
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