Revelation 11

The Two Witnesses

1Then I was given a measuring reed # 11:1 Ezk 40:3,5; 42:15–19; Rv 21:15 like a rod, # 11:1 Other mss add and the angel stood up with these words: “Go # 11:1 Lit “Arise and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there. 2But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. # 11:2 Ezk 40:17,20; 42:14 Don’t measure it, because it is given to the nations, # 11:2 Or Gentiles,# 11:2 Lk 21:24 and they will trample the holy city # 11:2 Rv 21:1 for forty-two months. # 11:2 Dn 7:25; 12:7,11; Rv 12:6,14; 13:5 3I will grant # 11:3 Or I will give to my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.” # 11:3 Gn 37:34; 2Sm 3:31; 1Kg 20:31–32; 21:25–29; 2Kg 19:1–2; 1Ch 21:16; Is 3:24; 20:2; Jr 6:26 4These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord # 11:4 Other mss read God of the earth. # 11:4 Zch 4:3,11–14 5If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies; # 11:5 2Kg 1:10–12; Jr 5:14; Rv 9:17 if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way. 6They have authority to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy. # 11:6 Gn 8:2; Dt 11:17; 1Kg 8:35; 17:1; 2Ch 6:26; 7:13; Lk 4:25 They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood # 11:6 Ex 4:9; 7:17–21; Rv 16:4 and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want. # 11:6 Ex 5:3; 9:15; Jr 21:6; Ezk 28:23; Zch 14:12,15

The Witnesses Martyred

7When they finish their testimony, the beast # 11:7 Dn 7:11; Rv 13:1–18; 17:8 that comes up out of the abyss # 11:7 Ps 140:10; Lk 8:31; Rm 10:7; Rv 9:1,11; 17:8; 20:1–3 will make war on them, conquer them, and kill them. 8Their dead bodies # 11:8 Or Their corpse,# 11:8 Is 66:24 will lie in the main street # 11:8 Or lie on the broad street of the great city, # 11:8 Rv 16:19; 17:18; 18:10,16–21,24 which figuratively # 11:8 Or spiritually is called Sodom # 11:8 Is 1:9,10; 3:9; Jr 23:14; Ezk 16:46,49 and Egypt, # 11:8 Ezk 23:3,8,19,27 where also their Lord was crucified. 9And some of # 11:9 Lit And from the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations # 11:9 Rv 5:9; 7:9; 10:11 will view their bodies for three and a half days and not permit their bodies to be put into a tomb. # 11:9 Lv 26:30; 2Sm 4:12; Is 66:24 10Those who live on the earth will gloat # 11:10 Ps 25:2; 94:3; Pr 24:17; Ob 12–13 over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

The Witnesses Resurrected

11But after three and a half days, the breath # 11:11 Or spirit of life # 11:11 Gn 2:7; 6:17; 7:15,22; Ezk 37:5 from God entered them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them. 12Then they heard # 11:12 Other mss read Then I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” They went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched them. # 11:12 2Kg 2:1; Mk 16:19; Lk 24:51; Ac 1:9–10 13At that moment a violent earthquake took place, # 11:13 Is 29:6; Ezk 38:19 a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake. The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14The second woe # 11:14 Rv 8:13; 9:12 has passed. Take note: The third woe is coming soon!

The Seventh Trumpet

15The seventh angel blew his trumpet, # 11:15 Is 27:13 and there were loud voices in heaven saying,

The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom

of our Lord and of his Christ,

and he will reign forever and ever. # 11:15 2Sm 7:16; Is 37:16; Dn 7:14,18; Lk 1:32–33

16The twenty-four elders, who were seated before God on their thrones, fell facedown and worshiped God, 17saying,

We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty,

who is and who was, # 11:17 Other mss add and who is to come,# 11:17 Rv 1:4,8; 4:8; 16:5

because you have taken your great power

and have begun to reign. # 11:17 Lk 1:33; 1Co 15:25; Rv 19:6

18The nations were angry, # 11:18 Ps 2:1

but your wrath has come.

The time has come

for the dead to be judged

and to give the reward

to your servants the prophets, # 11:18 Rv 10:7

to the saints, and to those who fear your name,

both small and great, # 11:18 2Kg 23:2; Ps 115:13; Rv 19:5

and the time has come to destroy

those who destroy the earth.

19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant # 11:19 Other mss read ark of the covenant of the Lord appeared in his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder, # 11:19 Rv 4:5; 8:5 an earthquake, # 11:19 Other mss omit an earthquake and severe hail.

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1And a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, saying, Come and measure the Beis Hamikdash of Hashem and the Mizbe'ach (altar) and the ones worshiping there.#11:1 Ezek 40:3 2But do not measure the outer court of the Beis Hamikdash; leave that out, and measure it not, for it was given over to the Goyim, and the Ir HaKodesh they will trample upon arba'im and shenayim chodashim.#11:2 Ezek 40:17,20; Dan 7:25; 12:7 3And I will give to my Sh'ney HaEdim (Two Witnesses) and they will speak divrei haNevu'ah (words of prophecy) one thousand two hundred and sixty days, having been clothed in sakkim (sackcloth).#11:3 Gn 37:34; 2Sm 3:31; Neh 9:1

4These are the two olive trees and the two menorot standing before the Adon kol ha'aretz.#11:4 Ps 52:8; Jer 11:16; Zech 4:3,11-14 5And if anyone wants to harm them, eish (fire) comes out of their mouth and destroys their oyevim (enemies); and if anyone wants to harm them, it is necessary for him to be killed like this.#11:5 2Sm 22:9; 2Kgs 1:10; Jer 5:14; Num 16:29,35 6These have the samchut (authority) to shut Shomayim, that no geshem (rain) may fall during the days of their nevu'ah (prophecy). And samchut (authority) they have over the waters to turn them into dahm and to strike ha'aretz with makkot (plagues) of every kind, as often as they want.#11:6 Ex 7:17,19; 1Kgs 17:1 7And when they complete the edut (testimony) of them, the Chayyah (Beast, Anti-Moshiach) coming up from the Tehom (Abyss) will make war with them and will conquer them and will kill them.#11:7 Dan 7:21 8And the NEVELAH#11:8 Dt 21:23 (corpse) of them will be on the rekhov (street) of the Ir Hagadol, which, spiritually, is called S'dom and Mitzrayim (Egypt), where also the Adon of them was pierced on the etz.#11:8 Isa 1:9; Jer 13:14; Ezek 16:46 9And some of haummim (the peoples) and shevatim (tribes) and leshonot (languages) and Goyim (Nations) see the NEVELAH of them for shloshah and a half yamim and the NEVELAH of them they do not permit to be put into a kever (tomb).#11:9 Ps 79:2,3 10And the ones dwelling on ha'aretz (the earth) rejoice with great simcha (joy) over them and make merry and they will send matanot (gifts) to one another, because these two nevi'im (prophets) tormented the ones dwelling on ha'aretz (the earth).#11:10 Neh 8:10,12; Esth 9:19,22 11And after the shloshah (three) and a half yamim (days), a Ruach of Chayyim from Hashem entered into them, and they stood up upon their feet, and pachad gadol (great terror) fell upon the ones seeing them.#11:11 Ezek 37:5,9,10,14 12And they heard a kol gadol (loud voice) out of Shomayim saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up into Shomayim in the anan (cloud), and their oyevim (enemies) saw them.#11:12 2Kgs 2:11 13And in that hour occurred a great earthquake and the tenth part of the city fell and there were killed in the earthquake shivat alafim (seven thousand), and the rest became afraid and gave kavod (glory) to Elohei HaShomayim.

14The second woe passed. Hinei, the third woe is coming quickly.

15And the malach hashevi'i (the seventh angel) sounded his shofar. And there were kolot gedolim (loud voices) in Shomayim, saying, The Malchut of the Olam Hazeh became the Malchut of Adoneinu and of His Moshiach, and He will reign l'Olemei Olamim.#11:15 Ps 145:13; Dan 2:44; 7:14,27; Mic 4:7; Zech 14:9 16And the esrim v'arba'ah Zekenim#11:16 Ex 12:21 (twenty-four Elders), sitting on their kisot before Hashem, fell on their faces and worshiped Hashem, 17Saying, “Modim Anachnu (We give thanks), Adonoi Elokeinu, El Shaddai, the One who is and the One who was, because you have taken your oz gadol (great power) and reigned.#11:17 Ps 30:12 18And the Goyim (Nations) raged. And your charon af (burning wrath) came, and the zman (time) for the Mesim to be judged and for giving the sachar (reward) to your avadim (servants), the nevi'im (prophets) and the Kedoshim and the ones fearing ha-Shem of you, the ketanim (small) and the gedolim (great), and for destroying the ones destroying ha'aretz (the earth).”#11:18 Ps 2:1

19And the Heikhal of Hashem was opened in Shomayim, and the Aron HaBrit (Ark of the Covenant) of Hashem was seen in the Heikhal of Hashem. And there were flashes of lightning and kolot (sounds) and thunders and an earthquake and great barad (hail).#11:19 Ex 25:10,22; 2Chr 5:7

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