Revelation 11:9

God's Word

For 3½ days some members of the people, tribes, languages, and nations will look at the witnesses’ dead bodies and will not allow anyone to bury them.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:22

You came back, ate, and drank at this place about which he told you, ‘Don’t eat or drink there.’ That is why your dead body will not be allowed to be placed in the tomb of your ancestors.”

Ecclesiastes 6:3

Suppose a rich person wasn’t satisfied with good things ⌞while he was alive⌟ and didn’t even get an honorable burial ⌞after he died⌟. Suppose he had a hundred children and lived for many years. No matter how long he would have lived, it ⌞still⌟ would have been better for him to have been born dead.

Isaiah 33:1

How horrible it will be for you, you destroyer, although you haven’t been destroyed. How horrible it will be for you, you traitor, although you haven’t been betrayed. When you’ve finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you’ve finished being a traitor, you will be betrayed.

Jeremiah 7:33

The dead bodies of these people will become food for birds and animals, and no one will be there to frighten them away.

Matthew 7:2

Otherwise, you will be judged by the same standard you use to judge others. The standards you use for others will be applied to you.

Revelation 10:11

The seven thunders told me, “Again you must speak what God has revealed in front of many people, nations, languages, and kings.”

Revelation 11:11

After 3½ days the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who watched them.

Revelation 13:7

It was allowed to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Revelation 17:15

The angel also said to me, “The waters you saw, on which the prostitute is sitting, are people, crowds, nations, and languages.

Revelation 5:8

When the lamb had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 leaders bowed in front of him. Each held a harp and a gold bowl full of incense, the prayers of God’s holy people.

Revelation 5:9

Then they sang a new song, “You deserve to take the scroll and open the seals on it, because you were slaughtered. You bought people with your blood to be God’s own. They are from every tribe, language, people, and nation.