Revelation 11:2

New International Reader's Version

But do not measure the outer courtyard. That’s because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will take over the holy city for 42 months.

Cross References

Psalm 79:1

God, an army from the nations has attacked your land. They have polluted your holy temple. They have completely destroyed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 48:2

You call yourselves citizens of the holy city of Jerusalem. You say you depend on Israel’s God. His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All. He says,

Isaiah 5:5

Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard. I will take away its fence. And the vineyard will be destroyed. I will break down its wall. And people will walk all over my vineyard.

Isaiah 52:1

Wake up! Zion, wake up! Dress yourself with strength as if it were your clothes. Holy city of Jerusalem, put on your clothes of glory. Those who haven’t been circumcised will never enter you again. Neither will those who are “unclean.”

Lamentations 1:10

Jerusalem’s enemies took away all her treasures. Her people saw outsiders enter her temple. The Lord had commanded them not to do that.

Ezekiel 4:6

“After you have finished this, lie down again. This time lie on your right side. Pretend that you are putting Judah’s sin on yourself. Lie there for 40 days. That is one day for each year of their sin.

Ezekiel 42:20

So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall around it. The wall was 875 feet long and 875 feet wide. It separated what was holy from what was not.

Daniel 12:7

The man raised both hands toward heaven. I heard him make a promise in the name of the God who lives forever. He answered me, “Three and a half years. Then the power of the holy people will finally be broken. And all these things will come true.”

Daniel 7:19

“Then I wanted to know what the fourth animal stood for. It was different from the others. It was the most terrifying of all. It had iron teeth and bronze claws. It crushed everyone it attacked and ate them up. It stomped on anything that was left.

Daniel 7:25

He’ll speak against the Most High God. He’ll treat God’s holy people badly. He will try to change the times and laws that were given by God. God’s holy people will be placed under his power for three and a half years.

Daniel 8:10

It grew until it reached the stars in the sky. It threw some of them down to the earth. And it stomped on them.

Daniel 8:13

Then I heard a holy angel speaking. Another holy angel spoke to him. He asked, “How long will it take for the vision to come true? When will the daily sacrifices be stopped? When will those who refuse to obey God be destroyed? When will the temple be handed over to an enemy? And when will some of the Lord’s people be stomped on?”

Daniel 8:14

One of the holy angels said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings. Then the temple will be made holy again.”

Numbers 14:34

For 40 years you will suffer for your sins. That is one year for each of the 40 days you checked out the land. You will know what it is like to have me against you.’

Matthew 27:53

They came out of the tombs. After Jesus was raised from the dead, they went into the holy city. There they appeared to many people.

Matthew 4:5

Then the devil took Jesus to the holy city. He had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

Matthew 5:13

“You are the salt of the earth. But suppose the salt loses its saltiness. How can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything. It will be thrown out. People will walk all over it.

Luke 21:24

Some will be killed by the sword. Others will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be taken over by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles come to an end.

Hebrews 10:29

People who deserve even more punishment include those who have hated the Son of God. They include people who have said no to him. They include people who have treated as unholy the blood of the covenant that makes them holy. They also include people who have disrespected the Holy Spirit who brings God’s grace. Don’t you think people like this should be punished more than anyone else?

Revelation 11:11

But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the witnesses. They both stood up. Terror struck those who saw them.

Revelation 11:3

I will appoint my two witnesses. And they will prophesy for 1,260 days. They will be dressed in the rough clothes people wear when they’re sad.”

Revelation 12:6

The woman escaped into the desert where God had a place prepared for her. There she would be taken care of for 1,260 days.

Revelation 21:10

Then he carried me away in a vision. The Spirit took me to a huge, high mountain. He showed me Jerusalem, the Holy City. It was coming down out of heaven from God.

Revelation 21:2

I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem. It was coming down out of heaven from God. It was prepared like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.

Revelation 22:19

Suppose someone takes away any words from this book of prophecy. Then God will take away from that person the blessings told about in this book. God will take away their share in the tree of life. God will also take away their place in the Holy City.