But leave out the courtyard outside the temple; do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
In context
1Then I was given a measuring reed like a staff, and I was told, “Rise, and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count those who worship there. 2But leave out the courtyard outside the temple; do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. 3And I will grant power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, dressed in sackcloth.” 4These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
