Revelation 10

The Mighty Angel and the Small Scroll

10Then I saw another mighty angel ^ucoming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow ^vover his head. ^wHis face was like the sun, his legs ^xwere like fiery pillars, ^y2and he had a little scroll opened in his hand. He put his right foot on the sea, his left on the land, ³and he cried out with a loud voice like a roaring lion. When he cried out, the seven thunders spoke with their voices. ⁴And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. Then I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders said, ^zand do not write it down!”

⁵Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. ⁶He swore an oath by the One who lives forever and ever, ^awho created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it: “There will no longer be an interval of time, ^b7but in the days of the sound of the seventh angel, ^cwhen he will blow his trumpet, then God’s hidden plan ^dwill be completed, as He announced to His servants ^ethe prophets.” ^f

⁸Now the voice that I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

⁹So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take and eat it; it will be bitter in your stomach, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.” ^g

¹⁰Then I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I ate it, my stomach became bitter. ^h11And I was told, ⁱ“You must prophesy again about ^jmany peoples, nations, languages, and kings.” ^k