⁹ For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

⁶ And you must say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Enough for you, house of Israel, of^[a] all of your detestable things! ⁷ At^[b] your bringing foreigners^[c] who are uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh to be in my sanctuary to profane it, my temple,^[d] as you offered my food, fat, and blood,^[e] so^[f] you broke my covenant by all of your detestable things. ⁸ And you did not observe the responsibility of my sanctuary, but^[g] you appointed them^[h] as the keepers of my responsibility in my sanctuary for you.”

⁹ Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Every foreigner^[i] uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh shall not come into my sanctuary—not any of the foreigners^[j] who are in the midst of the Israelites.^[k]

The Abomination of Desolation

¹⁵ “So when you see the abomination of desolation^[a] spoken about by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place” (let the one who reads understand),

¹⁶ “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

³ Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

⁴ who opposes and who exalts himself over every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God.

The Two Witnesses

11 And a measuring rod similar in appearance to a staff was given to me, saying, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship in it.

² And leave out the courtyard outside of the temple, and do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample the holy city for forty two months.