10
1 I
saw a mighty
angel coming down
out of the
sky, clothed with
a cloud. A
rainbow was on
his head. His
face was like
the sun, and
his feet like
pillars of fire.
2 He
had in his
hand a little open
book. He set
his right foot
on the sea,
and his left
on the land.
3 He
cried with a
loud voice, as
a lion roars.
When he cried,
the seven thunders
uttered their
voices.
4 When
the seven thunders
sounded, I was
about to write;
but I heard a
voice from the
sky saying, “Seal
up the things
which the seven
thunders said,
and don’t write
them.”
5 The angel
whom I saw
standing on the
sea and on
the land lifted
up his right
hand to the
sky
6 and
swore by him
who lives forever
and ever, who
created heaven and
the things that
are in it,
the earth and
the things that
are in it,
and the sea
and the things
that are in
it, that there
will no longer
be delay,
7 but
in the days
of the voice
of the
seventh angel, when
he is about
to sound, then
the mystery of
God is finished,
as he declared
to his servants
the prophets.
8 The
voice which I heard
from heaven, again
speaking with me,
said, “Go, take
the book which
is open in the
hand of the angel
who stands on
the sea and
on the land.”
9 I
went to the angel,
telling him to
give me the little
book.
He said to
me, “Take it
and eat it.
It will make
your stomach
bitter, but in
your mouth it
will be as
sweet as honey.”
10 I
took the little
book out of
the angel’s hand,
and ate it.
It was as
sweet as honey
in my mouth.
When I had
eaten it, my
stomach was made
bitter.
11 They
told me, “You
must prophesy
again over many
peoples, nations,
languages, and kings.”