Revelation 11:1-6

Christian Standard Bible

The Two Witnesses

11 Then I was given a measuring reed^(A) like a rod,^[a] with these words: “Go^[b] and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there. ² But exclude the courtyard outside the temple.^(B) Don’t measure it, because it is given to the nations,^[c](C) and they will trample the holy city^(D) for forty-two months.^{(E) 3} I will grant^[d] my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.”^{(F) 4} These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord^[e] of the earth.^{(G) 5} If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies;^(H) if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way. ⁶ They have authority to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy.^(I) They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood^(J) and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want.^(K)