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Revelation 11:10

And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
Revelation 11:10 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
  • KJV And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
  • NKJV And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
  • NASB And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who live on the earth.
  • NLT All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them.

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Quick answer

Earth's inhabitants celebrate and exchange gifts, glad the tormenting prophets are dead. The world rejoices at silencing the convicting voice of God's witnesses.

Overview

The prophets "tormented" the world not by violence but by their convicting witness against sin, much as Ahab called Elijah his "troubler" (1 Kings 18:17). The festive gift-giving is a dark parody of celebration, exposing the world's hatred of the truth. This portrays the depth of human enmity toward God's message. Their joy, however, is premature, for the witnesses' story is not over.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 29

  • 1 Kgs 18:17When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
  • 1 Kgs 22:8The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
  • Acts 5:33When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
  • Matt 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
  • Rev 3:10Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
  • Rev 11:5–6If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.
  • John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
  • Acts 7:54–57On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
  • Rev 13:14Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.
  • Ps 35:24–26Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
  • Mic 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  • John 16:20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
  • Jer 38:4Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
  • Ps 13:4lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
  • Ps 89:42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
  • Judg 16:23–24Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
  • 1 Kgs 21:20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • Esth 9:19–22This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
  • Prov 24:17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
  • 1 Cor 13:6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.
  • Rev 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
  • 1 Kgs 22:18Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
  • Obad 1:12But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
  • Rev 12:13And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
  • Ps 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
  • Jer 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
  • Neh 8:10–12Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
  • Rev 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish
  • Acts 17:5–6The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.

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Christ at the center

Revelation ends the story with the slain-yet-standing Lamb who is worthy, the Lion of Judah, the Alpha and Omega, the returning King who makes all things new and dwells with his people forever.

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