“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.”
And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth — the earth-dwellers (katoikountes epi tēs gēs, those aligned with worldly values) rejoice, exchange gifts (like gifts on the feast of Esther, Esther 9:22), celebrating the witnesses' defeat. The prophets had tormented (basanizo) the wicked through their testimony; their apparent death brings relief to the unrepentant.
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