Revelation 11-12

English Standard Version

The Two Witnesses

11 Then I was given ^(A)a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, ² but do not measure ^(B)the court outside the temple; leave that out, for ^(C)it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for ^(D)forty-two months. ³ And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^(E)1,260 days, ^(F)clothed in sackcloth.”

⁴ These are ^(G)the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ And if anyone would harm them, ^(H)fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, ^(I)this is how he is doomed to be killed. ⁶ They have the power ^(J)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 ^(K)to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. ⁷ And when they have finished their testimony, ^(L)the beast that rises from ^(M)the bottomless pit^{[a] (N)}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 ^(O)Sodom and ^(P)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 ^(Q)refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, ¹⁰ and ^(R)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and ^(S)exchange presents, because these two prophets ^(T)had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. ¹¹ But after the three and a half days ^(U)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, ^(V)“Come up here!” And ^(W)they went up to heaven ^(X)in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³ And at that hour there was ^(Y)a great earthquake, and ^(Z)a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^(AA)gave glory to ^(AB)the God of heaven.

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

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵ Then ^(AD)the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and ^(AE)there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ^(AF)“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(AG)his Christ, and ^(AH)he shall reign forever and ever.” ¹⁶ And the twenty-four elders ^(AI)who sit on their thrones before God ^(AJ)fell on their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷ saying,

¹⁹ Then ^(AQ)God's temple in heaven was opened, and ^(AR)the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings,^[c] peals of thunder, an earthquake, and ^(AS)heavy hail.

The Woman and the Dragon

12 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman ^(AT)clothed with ^(AU)the sun, with ^(AV)the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. ² She was pregnant and ^(AW)was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. ³ And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great ^(AX)red dragon, ^(AY)with seven heads and ^(AZ)ten horns, and on his heads ^(BA)seven diadems. ⁴ His tail swept down ^(BB)a third of the stars of heaven and ^(BC)cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child ^(BD)he might devour it. ⁵ She gave birth to a male child, ^(BE)one who is to rule^[d] all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was ^(BF)caught up to God and to his throne, ⁶ and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for ^(BG)1,260 days.

Satan Thrown Down to Earth

⁷ Now war arose in heaven, ^(BH)Michael and ^(BI)his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, ⁸ but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. ⁹ And ^(BJ)the great dragon was thrown down, ^(BK)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, ^(BL)the deceiver of the whole world—^(BM)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now ^(BN)the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers^[e] has been thrown down, ^(BO)who accuses them day and night before our God. ¹¹ And ^(BP)they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for ^(BQ)they loved not their lives ^(BR)even unto death. ¹² Therefore, ^(BS)rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But ^(BT)woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because ^(BU)he knows that his time is short!”

¹³ And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued ^(BV)the woman who had given birth to the male child. ¹⁴ But the woman was given the two ^(BW)wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent ^(BX)into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished ^(BY)for a time, and times, and half a time. ¹⁵ The serpent poured water ^(BZ)like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. ¹⁶ But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. ¹⁷ Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off ^(CA)to make war on the rest of ^(CB)her offspring, ^(CC)on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to ^(CD)the testimony of Jesus. And he stood^[f] on the sand of the sea.