The Two Witnesses

11 Then there was given to me a ^[a]measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “^[b]Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar [of incense], and [count] those who worship in it.^{(A) 2} But leave out the court [of the Gentiles] which is outside the temple and do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles (the nations); and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months (three and one-half years).^(B)

⁹ These people will pay the penalty and endure the punishment of ^[a]everlasting destruction, banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,