Revelation 10

The Angel and the Little Scroll

1I saw another 1strong angel 2coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the 3rainbow was on his head, and 4his face was like the sun, and his 5feet like pillars of fire; 2and he had in his hand a 6little scroll, 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 14raised 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 no longer be a delay, 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 announced to His servants the prophets.

8Then 21the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take 22the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who 23stands on the sea and on the land.” 9And I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “24Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” 10I took the little scroll from 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 25they said to me, “You must 26prophesy again concerning 27many peoples, nations, languages, and 28kings.”