CHAPTER VI.
THE LITTLE BOOK AND THE TWO WITNESSES.
1 10:1AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and an iris was about his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire, 10:2and he had in his hand a little book opened. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land, 10:3and cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. And when he cried, seven thunders spoke their words. 10:4And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; and I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Seal up what the seven thunders spoke, and write it not.
2 10:5And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land, lifted up his right hand to heaven, 10:6and swore by him that lives forever and ever, that created heaven and the things in it and the earth and the things in it and the sea and the things in it, that time should be no longer, 10:7but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God shall be finished, as he told his servants the prophets.
3 10:8And the voice which I heard from heaven [I heard] again speak to me and say, Go and take the little opened book in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land. 10:9And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take and eat it, and it will embitter your stomach, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey. 10:10And I took the little book from the hand of the angel and eat it; and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey; and when I eat it, my stomach was bitter. 10:11And they said to me, You must prophesy again before peoples and nations and tongues and many kings.
4 11:1And a rod was given me like a staff, and he said, Arise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those that worship in it. 11:2And leave out the exterior court of the temple and measure it not, for it has been given to the gentiles, and they shall tread the holy city under foot forty-two months [three years and a half]. 11:3And I will give charge to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy twelve hundred and sixty days [three years and a half] clothed with sackcloth. 11:4These are the two olive trees, and the two lamps, which stand before the Lord of the earth. 11:5And if any one will injure them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their adversaries; and if any one will injure them, he must thus be killed. 11:6These have power to shut heaven, that it may not rain in the days of their prophecy, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to smite the earth with every plague as often as they will.
5 11:7And when they shall finish their testimony, the beast which ascends from the abyss shall make war with them, and conquer them, and kill them. 11:8And their dead bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 11:9And the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not permit their dead bodies to be buried. 11:10And those that dwell on the earth shall be glad, and rejoice over them, and shall send gifts one to another, because these two prophets tormented those that dwell on the earth. 11:11And after three days and a half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those that saw them. 11:12And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, Ascend hither; and they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies beheld them. 11:13And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city fell, and seven thousand men were killed by the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. 11:14The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe comes quickly.