Revelation 11:13

KJV

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

— Revelation 11:13, King James Version
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Study Note

The great earthquake following the resurrection and ascension of the two witnesses — in which a tenth of the city falls and seven thousand are slain — moves the surviving 'remnant' to 'give glory to the God of heaven,' a response unique in Revelation's otherwise recalcitrant humanity. The earthquake as divine epiphanic sign draws on Sinai tradition (Exodus 19:18) and the prophetic judgment-theophany (Amos 1:1; Zechariah 14:5), but here it produces repentance rather than destruction. The specific fraction 'a tenth' may echo the tithe principle — a holy portion — suggesting that even in judgment God preserves a redemptive remnant. The passage has generated significant debate about whether Revelation envisions a final universal repentance or merely a terrified but not genuinely converted acknowledgment of divine power.

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ASV

And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand persons: and the rest were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

YLT

and in that hour came a great earthquake, and the tenth of the city did fall, and killed in the earthquake were names of men--seven thousands, and the rest became affrighted, and they gave glory to the God of the heaven.

BBE

And in that hour there was a great earth-shock and a tenth part of the town came to destruction; and in the earth-shock seven thousand persons came to their end: and the rest were in fear, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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