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tread under foot forty
and
two months.
3
And I will give
power
unto my two witnesses, and they
shall prophesy a thousand two hundred
and
threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4
These are the
two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5
And if any man
will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man
will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not
in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the
earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7
And when they shall have finished their testimony,
the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome
them, and kill them.
8
And their dead bodies
shall lie
in the street of the great city, which spiritually
is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9
And they of the people and kindreds
and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their
dead bodies to be put in graves.
10
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and
make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that
dwelt on the earth.
11
And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them,
and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12
And they heard a
great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a
cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13
And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the
tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant
were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14
The second woe is past;
and,
behold, the
third woe cometh quickly.
15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven,
saying, The kingdoms of this world are become
the kingdoms
of our Lord, and of his Christ; and
he shall reign for ever and ever.
16
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their
seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17
Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God
Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power,
and hast reigned.
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And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead,
that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and
to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy
the earth.
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And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark
of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and
great hail.
CHAPTER 12
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under
her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2
And she being with child cried, travailing in
birth, and pained to be delivered.
3
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a
great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4
And his
tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood
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