| NET Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told, "Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there. | 1Then I was given a measuring stick, and I was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers. |
| 2But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple; leave it out, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months. | 2But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 months. |
| 3And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth. | 3And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will be clothed in burlap and will prophesy during those 1,260 days.” |
| 4(These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.) | 4These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the earth. |
| 5If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. | 5If anyone tries to harm them, fire flashes from their mouths and consumes their enemies. This is how anyone who tries to harm them must die. |
| 6These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. | 6They have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. |
| 7When they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them. | 7When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them, and he will conquer them and kill them. |
| 8Their corpses will lie in the street of the great city that is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. | 8And their bodies will lie in the main street of Jerusalem, the city that is figuratively called “Sodom” and “Egypt,” the city where their Lord was crucified. |
| 9For three and a half days those from every people, tribe, nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb. | 9And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their bodies. No one will be allowed to bury them. |
| 10And 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. | 10All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them. |
| 11But after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized those who were watching them. | 11But after three and a half days, God breathed life into them, and they stood up! Terror struck all who were staring at them. |
| 12Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: "Come up here!" So the two prophets went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies stared at them. | 12Then a loud voice from heaven called to the two prophets, “Come up here!” And they rose to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched. |
| 13Just then a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. | 13At the same time there was a terrible earthquake that destroyed a tenth of the city. Seven thousand people died in that earthquake, and everyone else was terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. |
| 14The second woe has come and gone; the third is coming quickly. | 14The second terror is past, but look, the third terror is coming quickly. The Seventh Trumpet Brings the Third Terror |
| 15Then the seventh angel blew 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, and he will reign for ever and ever." | 15Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven: “The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.” |
| 16Then the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and worshiped God | 16The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell with their faces to the ground and worshiped him. |
| 17with these words: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign. | 17And they said, “We give thanks to you, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who always was, for now you have assumed your great power and have begun to reign. |
| 18The nations were enraged, but 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, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth." | 18The nations were filled with wrath, but now the time of your wrath has come. It is time to judge the dead and reward your servants the prophets, as well as your holy people, and all who fear your name, from the least to the greatest. It is time to destroy all who have caused destruction on the earth.” |
| 19Then 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, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm. | 19Then, in heaven, the Temple of God was opened and the Ark of his covenant could be seen inside the Temple. Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and roared, and there was an earthquake and a terrible hailstorm. |
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