Revelation 11:1-14 - The Two Witnesses

¹ And a reed like a rod was given unto me: saying, Arise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those worshiping in it. ² And the outer court of the temple leave out, and measure it not; because it is given to the Gentiles: and they will tread down the holy city forty-two months. ³ And I will give to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. ⁴ These are the two olive-trees, and the two candlesticks which are standing before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ And if any one wishes to hurt them, fire goes forth out of their mouth, and devours their enemies: and if any one wishes to hurt them, thus it behooves him to be killed. ⁶ They have power to shut up the heaven, that the rain may not fall during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, so often as they may wish.

⁷ And when they may finish their testimony, the beast which ascends up out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, and conquer them, and slay them. ⁸ And their dead body will lie in the street of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where the Lord also was crucified. ⁹ And those of the peoples and of tribes and of the tongues and of the nations see their dead body three days and a half, and do not suffer their bodies to be put in a sepulchre. ¹⁰ And those dwelling on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry, and send gifts to one another; because these prophets tormented those dwelling upon the earth.

¹¹ And after three and a half days the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell on those seeing them. ¹² And they heard a great voice out of the heaven saying to them, Come up hither; and they ascended up into the heaven in a cloud; and their enemies saw them. ¹³ And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth of the city fell, and there were killed by the earthquake seven thousand persons: and the rest were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of the heaven. ¹⁴ The second Woe is passed; behold, the third woe comes quickly.