Bible Gateway passage: Revelation 11 - New International Version (2024)

The Two Witnesses

11I was given a reed like a measuring rod^(A) and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. ²But exclude the outer court;^(B) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.^(C) They will trample on the holy city^(D) for 42 months.^{(E) 3}And I will appoint my two witnesses,^(F) and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,^(G) clothed in sackcloth.”^{(H) 4}They are “the two olive trees”^(I) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”^{[a](J) 5}If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies.^(K) This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.^{(L) 6}They have power to shut up the heavens^(M) so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying;^(N) and they have power to turn the waters into blood^(O) and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.

⁷Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast^(P) that comes up from the Abyss^(Q) will attack them,^(R) and overpower and kill them. ⁸Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city^(S)—which is figuratively called Sodom^(T) and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.^{(U) 9}For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation^(V) will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.^{(W) 10}The inhabitants of the earth^(X) will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts,^(Y) because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

¹¹But after the three and a half days^(Z) the breath^[b] of life from God entered them,^(AA) and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. ¹²Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.”^(AB) And they went up to heaven in a cloud,^(AC) while their enemies looked on.

¹³At that very hour there was a severe earthquake^(AD) and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory^(AE) to the God of heaven.^(AF)

¹⁴The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.^(AG)

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵The seventh angel sounded his trumpet,^(AH) and there were loud voices^(AI) in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become
the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,^(AJ)
and he will reign for ever and ever.”^(AK)

¹⁶And the twenty-four elders,^(AL) who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces^(AM) and worshiped God, ¹⁷saying:

“We give thanks^(AN) to you, Lord God Almighty,^(AO)
the One who is and who was,^(AP)
because you have taken your great power
and have begun to reign.^(AQ)
18The nations were angry,^(AR)
and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,^(AS)
and for rewarding your servants the prophets^(AT)
and your people who revere your name,
both great and small^(AU)—
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

¹⁹Then God’s temple^(AV) in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant.^(AW) And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder,^(AX) an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.^(AY)

Footnotes

1. Revelation 11:4 See Zech. 4:3,11,14.
2. Revelation 11:11 Or Spirit (see Ezek. 37:5,14)

Cross references

1. Revelation 11:1 : Eze 40:3; Rev 21:15
2. Revelation 11:2 : Eze 40:17, 20
3. Revelation 11:2 : Lk 21:24
4. Revelation 11:2 : S Rev 21:2
5. Revelation 11:2 : ver 3; Da 7:25; 12:7; Rev 12:6, 14; 13:5
6. Revelation 11:3 : Rev 1:5; 2:13
7. Revelation 11:3 : S ver 2
8. Revelation 11:3 : Ge 37:34; 2Sa 3:31; Ne 9:1; Jnh 3:5
9. Revelation 11:4 : Ps 52:8; Jer 11:16; Zec 4:3, 11
10. Revelation 11:4 : Zec 4:14
11. Revelation 11:5 : 2Sa 22:9; 2Ki 1:10; Jer 5:14; Rev 9:17, 18
12. Revelation 11:5 : Nu 16:29, 35
13. Revelation 11:6 : S Lk 4:25
14. Revelation 11:6 : ver 3
15. Revelation 11:6 : Ex 7:17, 19; Rev 8:8
16. Revelation 11:7 : Rev 13:1-4
17. Revelation 11:7 : S Lk 8:31
18. Revelation 11:7 : Da 7:21; Rev 13:7
19. Revelation 11:8 : Rev 16:19
20. Revelation 11:8 : Isa 1:9; Jer 23:14; Eze 16:46
21. Revelation 11:8 : Heb 13:12
22. Revelation 11:9 : S Rev 13:7
23. Revelation 11:9 : Ps 79:2, 3
24. Revelation 11:10 : S Rev 3:10
25. Revelation 11:10 : Ne 8:10, 12; Est 9:19, 22
26. Revelation 11:11 : ver 9
27. Revelation 11:11 : Eze 37:5, 9, 10, 14
28. Revelation 11:12 : Rev 4:1
29. Revelation 11:12 : 2Ki 2:11; Ac 1:9
30. Revelation 11:13 : S Rev 6:12
31. Revelation 11:13 : Rev 14:7; 16:9; 19:7
32. Revelation 11:13 : Rev 16:11
33. Revelation 11:14 : S Rev 8:13
34. Revelation 11:15 : S Mt 24:31
35. Revelation 11:15 : Rev 16:17; 19:1
36. Revelation 11:15 : Rev 12:10
37. Revelation 11:15 : Ps 145:13; Da 2:44; 7:14, 27; Mic 4:7; Zec 14:9; Lk 1:33
38. Revelation 11:16 : S Rev 4:4
39. Revelation 11:16 : S Rev 4:10
40. Revelation 11:17 : Ps 30:12
41. Revelation 11:17 : S Rev 1:8
42. Revelation 11:17 : S Rev 1:4
43. Revelation 11:17 : Rev 19:6
44. Revelation 11:18 : Ps 2:1
45. Revelation 11:18 : Rev 20:12
46. Revelation 11:18 : Rev 10:7
47. Revelation 11:18 : S Rev 19:5
48. Revelation 11:19 : Rev 15:5, 8
49. Revelation 11:19 : Ex 25:10-22; 2Ch 5:7; Heb 9:4
50. Revelation 11:19 : S Rev 4:5
51. Revelation 11:19 : Rev 16:21