Revelation 10

The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll

1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud with a rainbow over his head. His face shined like the sun, and his legs looked like pillars of fire.

2 He held a little scroll open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

3 He shouted with a voice like a lion roaring. When he shouted, seven thunders answered back.

4 I was about to write down what the seven thunders said, but a voice from heaven told me, “Seal that message up. Do not write it.”

5 Then the angel standing on the sea and land raised his right hand toward heaven.

6 He swore by the One who lives forever, the Creator of heaven, earth, sea, and everything in them, that there would be no more delay.

7 When the seventh angel gets ready to blow his trumpet, God’s mystery will be completed, just as He announced to His servants the prophets.

8 The voice from heaven spoke to me again: “Go take the open scroll from the angel standing on the sea and the land.”

9 I walked up and asked the angel for the little scroll. He said, “Take it and eat it. It will taste sweet like honey in your mouth, but it will turn bitter in your stomach.”

10 I took the scroll and ate it. It tasted sweet as honey, but after I swallowed it, my stomach turned bitter.

11 Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”