³ And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^(A)1,260 days, ^(B)clothed in sackcloth.”

⁴ These are ^(C)the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ And if anyone would harm them, ^(D)fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, ^(E)this is how he is doomed to be killed. ⁶ They have the power ^(F)to shut the sky, that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and ^(G)to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. ⁷ And when they have finished their testimony, ^(H)the beast that rises from ^(I)the bottomless pit^{[a] (J)}will make war on them and conquer them and kill them, ⁸ and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically^[b] is called ^(K)Sodom and ^(L)Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. ⁹ For three and a half days some from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and ^(M)refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, ¹⁰ and ^(N)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and ^(O)exchange presents, because these two prophets ^(P)had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. ¹¹ But after the three and a half days ^(Q)a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. ¹² Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, ^(R)“Come up here!” And ^(S)they went up to heaven ^(T)in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³ And at that hour there was ^(U)a great earthquake, and ^(V)a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^(W)gave glory to ^(X)the God of heaven.

^14 (Y)The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵ Then ^(Z)the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and ^(AA)there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ^(AB)“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(AC)his Christ, and ^(AD)he shall reign forever and ever.”

⁹ and in order ^(A)that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,

¹⁰ And again it is said,

¹¹ And again,

¹² And again Isaiah says,

²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(A)you will weep and lament, but ^(B)the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ^(C)your sorrow will turn into joy. ^21 (D)When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. ^22 (E)So also you have sorrow now, but ^(F)I will see you again, and ^(G)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.