Revelation 10

Chapter 10

The Angel and the Little Book

¹I saw another ^astrong angel ^bcoming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the ^crainbow was upon his head, and ^dhis face was like the sun, and his ^efeet like pillars of fire;

²and he had in his hand a ^alittle book which was open. He placed ^bhis right foot on the sea and his left on the land;

³and he cried out with a loud voice, ^aas when a lion roars; and when he had cried out, the ^bseven peals of thunder ¹uttered their voices.

⁴When the seven peals of thunder had spoken, ^aI was about to write; and I ^bheard a voice from heaven saying, “^cSeal 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 ^alifted up his right hand to heaven,

^6aand swore by ^bHim who lives forever and ever, ^cwho created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that ^dthere will be delay no longer,

⁷but in the days of the voice of the ^aseventh angel, when he is about to sound, then ^bthe mystery of God is finished, as He ¹preached to His servants the prophets.

⁸Then ^athe voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take ^bthe ¹book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands 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, “^aTake 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 ^athey ^*said to me, “You must ^bprophesy again concerning ^cmany peoples and nations and tongues and ^dkings.”