Revelation 10

The Angel and the Little Book

1I saw another 1strong angel 2coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the 3rainbow was upon his head, and 4his face was like the sun, and his 5feet like pillars of fire; 2and he had in his hand a 6little book which was open. He placed 7his right foot on the sea and his left on the land; 3and he cried out with a loud voice, 8as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out, the 9seven peals of thunder 10uttered their voices. 4When the seven peals of thunder had spoken, 11I was about to write; and I 12heard a voice from heaven saying, “13Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them.” 5Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land 14lifted up his right hand to heaven, 615and swore by 16Him who lives forever and ever, 17who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that 18there will be delay no longer, 7but in the days of the voice of the 19seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then 20the mystery of God is finished, as He 21preached to His servants the prophets.

8Then 22the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take 23the 24book which is open in the hand of the angel who 25stands on the sea and on the land.” 9So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he said to me, “26Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” 10I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. 11And 27they said to me, “You must 28prophesy again concerning 29many peoples and nations and tongues and 30kings.”