They have authority to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy.(A) They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood(B) and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want.(C)

The Witnesses Martyred

When they finish their testimony, the beast(D) that comes up out of the abyss(E) will make war on them, conquer them, and kill them. Their dead bodies[a](F) will lie in the main street[b] of the great city,(G) which figuratively[c] is called Sodom(H) and Egypt,(I) where also their Lord was crucified.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:8 Or Their corpse
  2. 11:8 Or lie on the broad street
  3. 11:8 Or spiritually

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