But exclude the courtyard outside the sanctuary. Don’t measure it, because it is given to the nations,[a] and they will trample the holy city for 42 months. I will empower[b] my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,[c](A) dressed in sackcloth.”[d] These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord[e] of the earth.(B)

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  1. Revelation 11:2 Or Gentiles
  2. Revelation 11:3 Lit I will give to
  3. Revelation 11:3 = 3½ years of 30-day months
  4. Revelation 11:3 Mourning garment of coarse, often black, material
  5. Revelation 11:4 Other mss read God

But exclude the outer court;(A) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.(B) They will trample on the holy city(C) for 42 months.(D) And I will appoint my two witnesses,(E) and they will prophesy for 1,260 days,(F) clothed in sackcloth.”(G) They are “the two olive trees”(H) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”[a](I)

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  1. Revelation 11:4 See Zech. 4:3,11,14.