Revelation 11:6-16

6 They have authority to shut up the sky so that there will be no rain during the time they proclaim God's message. They have authority also over the springs of water, to turn them into blood; they have authority also to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. 1
7 When they finish proclaiming their message, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will fight against them. He will defeat them and kill them, 2
8 and their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, where their Lord was crucified. The symbolic name of that city is Sodom, or Egypt. 3
9 People from all nations, tribes, languages, and races will look at their bodies for three and a half days and will not allow them to be buried.
10 The people of the earth will be happy because of the death of these two. They will celebrate and send presents to each other, because those two prophets brought much suffering upon the whole human race.
11 After three and a half days a life-giving breath came from God and entered them, and they stood up; and all who saw them were terrified. 4
12 Then the two prophets heard a loud voice say to them from heaven, "Come up here!" As their enemies watched, they went up into heaven in a cloud. 5
13 At that very moment there was a violent earthquake; a tenth of the city was destroyed, and seven thousand people were killed. The rest of the people were terrified and praised the greatness of the God of heaven. 6
14 The second horror is over, but the third horror will come soon!
15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The power to rule over the world belongs now to our Lord and his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever!" 7
16 Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones in front of God threw themselves face downward and worshiped God,

Cross References 7

  • 1. 11.6 a 1 K 17.1; bExodus 7.17-19; c 1 S 4.8.
  • 2. 11.7 aDaniel 7.7;Revelation 13.5-7; 17.8; bDaniel 7.21.
  • 3. 11.8Isaiah 1.9, 10.
  • 4. 11.11Ezekiel 37.10.
  • 5. 11.12 2 Kings 2.11.
  • 6. 11.13Revelation 6.12; 16.18.
  • 7. 11.15Exodus 15.18;Daniel 2.44; 7.14, 27.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.