Revelation 11:7-18

English Standard Version

⁷ And when they have finished their testimony, ^(A)the beast that rises from ^(B)the bottomless pit^{[a] (C)}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 ^(D)Sodom and ^(E)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 ^(F)refuse to let them be placed in a tomb, ¹⁰ and ^(G)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and ^(H)exchange presents, because these two prophets ^(I)had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth. ¹¹ But after the three and a half days ^(J)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, ^(K)“Come up here!” And ^(L)they went up to heaven ^(M)in a cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³ And at that hour there was ^(N)a great earthquake, and ^(O)a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^(P)gave glory to ^(Q)the God of heaven.

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

The Seventh Trumpet

¹⁵ Then ^(S)the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and ^(T)there were loud voices in heaven, saying, ^(U)“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(V)his Christ, and ^(W)he shall reign forever and ever.” ¹⁶ And the twenty-four elders ^(X)who sit on their thrones before God ^(Y)fell on their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷ saying,