So 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.”
In context
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.”
