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.

call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.

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Ps. lii. 8: But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. JER. xi. 16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. ZEC. iv. 3, 11, 14: Two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. "Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.

m See REV. i. 20.

n 2 KINGS, i. 10, 12: Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. Ps. xviii. 8: There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. JER. i. 10: See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. do. v. 14: Behold, I will make my words in thy_mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. EZEK. xliii. 3: It was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city. Hos. vi. 5: Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

NUMB. xvi. 29, 35: If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

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 3 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

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P See on JAMES, v. 16, 17.

¶ EXOD. vii. 19: The LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds-that they may become blood.

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LUKE, xiii. 32: Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

S REV. xiii. 1, 11: And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. do. xvii. 8: The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition.

See on REV. ix. 1.

" DAN. vii. 21: I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them. ZEC. xiv. 2: I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. REV. xiii. 7: It was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them.

REV. xiv. 8: Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city. do. xvii. 1, 5: Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters. Upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS. do. xviii.

* Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

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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.

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10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall d send gifts one to another; because these two

10: Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

* ISA. i. 10: Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

y EXOD. XX. 2: I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

2 LUKE, Xiii. 34: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee.-ACTS, ix. 4: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? HEB. vi. 6: Seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. do. xiii. 12: Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. REV. xviii. 24: In her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

a REV. xvii. 15: The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

b Ps. lxxix. 2, 3: The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

© REV. xii. 12. do. xiii. 8: All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life.

d EST. ix. 19, 21, 22: Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. That they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenthyearly. As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies-that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

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 h ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

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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

4 Gr. names of men. Chap. iii. 4. A. V.

• REV. xvi. 10: They gnawed their tongues for pain. f Ver. 9.

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8 EZEK. XXXVii. 5, 9, 10, 14: Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you.Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these, slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land.

h Isa. xiv. 13: Thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, REV. xii. 5.

See on 1 THES. iv. 17.

* 2 KINGS, ii. 1, 5, 7: The LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind.-And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off. MAL. iii. 18: Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him,

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m REV. xvi. 19: The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell,

REV. iii. 4: Thou hast a few names even in Sardis.

thousand and the remnant were affrighted, and 'gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The P 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 the 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

• JOSH. vii. 19: And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. ISA. xxvi. 15, 16: Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. REV. xiv. 7: Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come; and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. do. xv. 4: Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

P See on REV. viii. 13.

9 REV. X. 7.

ISA. xxvii. 13: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. REV. xvi. 17: The seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. do. xix. 6: And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

́s REV. xii. 10. See on REV. vii. 10.

See on LUKE, i. 33; and on JOHN, xii. 34. " See on REV. iv. 4.