| | Chapter
11 |
1 | And
there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise,
and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship
therein. |
2 | But the court
which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto
the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two
months. |
3 | And I will give
power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and
threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. |
4 | These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks
standing before the God of the earth. |
5 | And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their
mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in
this manner be killed. |
6 |
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their
prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the
earth with all plagues, as often as they will. |
7 | And when they shall have finished their testimony, the
beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and
shall overcome them, and kill them. |
8 | And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city,
which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was
crucified. |
9 | And they of
the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies
three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in
graves. |
10 | And they that
dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send
gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on
the earth. |
11 | And after
three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they
stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. |
12 | And they heard a great voice
from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in
a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. |
13 | And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the
tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven
thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of
heaven. |
14 | The second
woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. |
15 | And the seventh angel sounded; and
there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are
become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and
he shall reign for ever
and ever. |
16 | And the
four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their
faces, and worshipped God, |
17
| Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast,
and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast
reigned. |
18 | And the
nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they
should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the
prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and
shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. |
19 | And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and
there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were
lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. |
