Revelation 10

The Angel and the Little Scroll

1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire. 2In his hand he held a little scroll, lying open. He set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3and he called out in a loud voice, like a lion roaring. When he called out, the seven thunders raised their voices. 4When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.” 5Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven 6and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it, that there would be no more delay — 7but in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets. 8Then the voice I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel 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 it, and eat it. It will turn 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. In my mouth it was sweet as honey, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter. 11Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”