The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll
Revelation 10:1-11
Rev.10.1 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- Και: CONJ
- ειδον: VERB,aor,act,ind,3,pl
- αλλον: ADJ,acc,sg,m
- αγγελον: NOUN,acc,sg,m
- ισχυρον: ADJ,acc,sg,m
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- εκ: PREP
- του: ART,gen,sg,n
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- περιβεβλημενον: VERB,perf,pass,ptc,acc,m,sg
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- και: CONJ
- η: ART,nom,sg,f
- ιρις: NOUN,nom,sg,f
- επι: PREP
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- αυτου: PRON,gen,sg,m
- και: CONJ
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- και: CONJ
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- αυτου: PRON,gen,sg,m
- ως: ADV
- στυλοι: NOUN,nom,pl,m
- πυρος: NOUN,gen,sg,n
Parallels
- Rev.1:14-16 (verbal): Shared descriptive language: 'face like the sun' and radiant feet/legs imagery (Rev 1:15 describes feet like burnished bronze/like a furnace), echoing theophanic brightness applied to a heavenly messenger/figure.
- Ezek.1:28 (allusion): Ezekiel's vision features cloud, a rainbow (the appearance of a bow) and the 'likeness of the glory of the LORD'—paralleling the cloud-wrapped figure with a rainbow over his head and theophanic glory in Rev 10:1.
- Rev.18:1 (structural): Another angel 'coming down from heaven' with great authority who illuminates the earth—parallels the narrative motif and role of a mighty heavenly messenger descending in Rev 10:1.
- Dan.7:9 (thematic): Daniel's throne-vision emphasizes fiery imagery ('flames of fire', 'wheels as burning fire') and a majestic heavenly presence; thematically parallels Rev 10:1's fire-associated legs and the awe-inspiring theophanic appearance.
Alternative generated candidates
- Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; a rainbow was upon his head, his face shone like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
- And I saw another mighty angel coming down out of heaven, wrapped in a cloud, and a rainbow was upon his head; his face shone like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire. He held a little scroll, open, in his hand.
Rev.10.2 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- και: CONJ
- εχων: VERB,pres,act,ptc,nom,sg,m
- εν: PREP
- τη: ART,dat,sg,f
- χειρι: NOUN,dat,sg,fem
- αυτου: PRON,gen,sg,m
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- και: CONJ
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- ποδα: NOUN,acc,sg,m
- αυτου: PRON,gen,sg,m
- τον: ART,acc,sg,m
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- επι: PREP
- της: ART,gen,sg,f
- θαλασσης: NOUN,gen,sg,f
- τον: ART,acc,sg,m
- δε: CONJ
- ευωνυμον: ADJ,acc,sg,m
- επι: PREP
- της: ART,gen,sg,f
- γης: NOUN,gen,sg,f
Parallels
- Ezekiel 2:9-10 (verbal): A prophetic scroll/roll in the prophet's hand is described (written inside and outside), echoing the image of a small book in the angel's hand.
- Ezekiel 3:1-3 (thematic): God commands Ezekiel to 'eat' a scroll so that its words become in his mouth — the same motif of the prophet/angelic messenger receiving and ingesting a written book later echoed in Rev 10:9–10.
- Revelation 10:9-10 (structural): Immediate internal parallel: the same little open book is taken and eaten, with the prophet's reaction (sweet then bitter) continuing the action begun in 10:2.
- Revelation 5:1 (structural): Contrasts and complements the scroll motif in Revelation: 5:1 presents a sealed scroll in God's right hand, while 10:2 depicts a small open book in the angel's hand — both center on authoritative written revelation.
- Psalm 24:1-2 (thematic): The image of dominion over sea and land (the earth and its foundations) resonates with the angel standing with one foot on the sea and one on the land, signifying jurisdiction over both realms.
Alternative generated candidates
- In his hand he held a little scroll that was open. He set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,
- And he set his right foot on the sea and his left on the land, and cried out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring.
Rev.10.3 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- και: CONJ
- εκραξεν: VERB,aor,act,ind,3,sg
- φωνη: NOUN,nom,sg,f
- μεγαλη: ADJ,nom,sg,f
- ωσπερ: ADV
- λεων: NOUN,nom,sg,m
- μυκαται: VERB,pres,mid,ind,3,sg
- και: CONJ
- οτε: CONJ
- εκραξεν: VERB,aor,act,ind,3,sg
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- αι: ART,nom,pl,f
- επτα: NUM,acc,pl,neut
- βρονται: NOUN,nom,pl,f
- τας: ART,acc,pl,f
- εαυτων: PRON,gen,pl,3
- φωνας: NOUN,acc,pl,f
Parallels
- Amos 3:8 (verbal): 'The lion hath roared' — same lion-roar imagery used to describe a divine/prophetic cry; close verbal and thematic resonance with Rev 10:3's 'as when a lion roars.'
- Joel 3:16 (Joel 4:16 MT) (thematic): ‘The LORD roars from Zion…’ — apocalyptic divine roar from Zion producing cosmic effects, paralleling the motif of a loud, lion-like divine cry in Revelation.
- Revelation 4:5 (structural): The throne-scenes speak of 'lightnings and thunderings and voices' — a precedent for thunder/voice motifs and a structural link to the seven thunders that speak in Rev 10:3.
- Revelation 5:5 (allusion): 'Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah' — the Messianic lion motif connects the image of a lion's roar in Rev 10:3 to Christ's authority and royal/judicial role.
- Psalm 29:3-4 (thematic): ‘The voice of the LORD is over the waters… the voice of the LORD is powerful’ — the thunderous, majestic voice of God motif parallels the loud, lion-like cry and the thunder-voice imagery in Revelation 10:3.
Alternative generated candidates
- and he cried out with a loud voice, like the roar of a lion. When he cried out, the seven thunders uttered their voices.
- And when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.
Rev.10.4 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- και: CONJ
- οτε: CONJ
- ελαλησαν: VERB,aor,act,ind,3,pl
- αι: ART,nom,pl,f
- επτα: NUM,acc,pl,neut
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- εκ: PREP
- του: ART,gen,sg,n
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- επτα: NUM,acc,pl,neut
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- και: CONJ
- μη: PART
- αυτα: PRON,acc,pl,n
- γραψης: VERB,aor,act,subj,2,sg
Parallels
- Daniel 12:4 (allusion): Instructs to 'shut up' or preserve words until the time of the end—parallel motif of divine revelation being sealed and withheld until the appointed time.
- Daniel 12:9 (allusion): God tells Daniel the words are 'closed up and sealed' until the time of the end, directly echoing the idea of prophetic speech being sealed and not disclosed now.
- Revelation 5:1-5 (thematic): Introduces the sealed scroll (seven seals) motif in Revelation—shared imagery of sealed divine revelation that must be opened or kept hidden according to God's timing.
- Revelation 22:10 (structural): Another explicit command about writing/sealing: here the angel says 'Do not seal up the words of the prophecy'—a deliberate contrast/parallel within Revelation about when to seal or open revelation.
- Isaiah 8:16 (verbal): Uses the language of binding and sealing the testimony ('Bind up the testimony, seal the law')—verbal and conceptual resonance with the command to seal what the seven thunders said.
Alternative generated candidates
- And when the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
- And when the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
Rev.10.5 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- και: CONJ
- ο: ART,nom,sg,m
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- ον: PART,pres,act,nom,sg,m
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- επι: PREP
- της: ART,gen,sg,f
- θαλασσης: NOUN,gen,sg,f
- και: CONJ
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- εις: PREP
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Parallels
- Daniel 12:7 (verbal): A heavenly figure lifts his hand (or raises his hand to heaven) and swears — close verbal and action parallel to the angel’s gesture and ensuing oath in Rev 10.
- Revelation 10:6 (structural): Immediate literary continuation: the angel who lifts his hand then swears by the one who lives for ever and ever; Rev 10:6 records the oath tied to the raised hand.
- Hebrews 6:16-17 (thematic): Discusses the solemnity and binding force of oaths (men swearing to confirm), and God’s confirmation by oath — parallels the use of a raised-hand oath to guarantee a divine declaration.
- Genesis 22:16-18 (thematic): God’s solemn promise sworn after Abraham’s obedience (an oath guaranteeing future blessing) — a background example of solemn covenantal oaths that the angelic gesture in Rev 10 evokes.
Alternative generated candidates
- Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven,
- And the angel whom I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven,
Rev.10.6 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- και: CONJ
- ωμοσεν: VERB,aor,act,ind,3,sg
- τω: ART,dat,sg,m
- ζωντι: PART,pres,act,ptcp,dat,sg,m
- εις: PREP
- τους: ART,acc,pl,m
- αιωνας: NOUN,acc,pl,m
- των: ART,gen,pl,m
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- ος: PRON,nom,sg,m
- εκτισεν: VERB,aor,act,ind,3,sg
- τον: ART,acc,sg,m
- ουρανον: NOUN,acc,sg,m
- και: CONJ
- τα: ART,acc,pl,n
- εν: PREP
- αυτω: PRON,dat,sg,m
- και: CONJ
- την: ART,acc,sg,f
- γην: NOUN,acc,sg,f
- και: CONJ
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- και: CONJ
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- οτι: CONJ
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- ουκετι: ADV
- εσται·: VERB,fut,mid,ind,3,sg
Parallels
- Acts 4:24 (verbal): Early Christian prayer uses the same creation formula (“who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them”), a close verbal parallel to the oath invoking the Creator’s authority.
- Revelation 14:7 (verbal): A parallel proclamation within Revelation calling people to worship “him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs,” repeating the Creator-as-warrant motif in an eschatological context.
- Psalm 146:6 (verbal): The Psalter (LXX) contains the same triadic creation formula (“who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them”), showing a liturgical/Scriptural background for invoking the Creator.
- Genesis 1:1 (thematic): The foundational declaration of God as Creator (“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”) provides the theological basis for swearing by the One who made heaven, earth and sea.
Alternative generated candidates
- and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and all that is in it, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, that there would be no more delay.
- and swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,
Rev.10.7 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- αλλ᾽εν: CONJ
- ταις: ART,dat,pl,f
- ημεραις: NOUN,dat,pl,f
- της: ART,gen,sg,f
- φωνης: NOUN,gen,sg,f
- του: ART,gen,sg,n
- εβδομου: ADJ,gen,sg,m
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- οταν: CONJ
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- σαλπιζειν: VERB,pres,act,inf
- και: CONJ
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- το: ART,acc,sg,n
- μυστηριον: NOUN,nom,sg,n
- του: ART,gen,sg,n
- θεου: NOUN,gen,sg,m
- ως: ADV
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Parallels
- Revelation 11:15 (verbal): Explicitly links the sounding of the seventh trumpet with the proclamation of God's kingdom; parallels Rev 10:7's timing ('days of the voice of the seventh angel') when decisive revelation occurs.
- Revelation 8:2 (structural): Introduces the seven angels with seven trumpets, providing the structural context for the trumpet sequence that culminates in the seventh angel referenced in Rev 10:7.
- Romans 16:25-26 (thematic): Speaks of the 'revelation of the mystery' being made known and confirmed by prophetic Scripture, echoing Rev 10:7's claim that God's mystery is completed as announced to his prophets.
- Ephesians 3:5 (verbal): Uses similar language about the 'mystery' being revealed to 'the holy apostles and prophets,' paralleling Rev 10:7's emphasis on revelation to God's servants the prophets.
- Daniel 12:4,9 (allusion): Daniel's motif of sealed prophecy and its opening at the appointed time resonates with Rev 10:7's motif of a mystery being brought to completion at the eschatological moment signaled by the seventh trumpet.
Alternative generated candidates
- But in the days when the seventh angel is to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God—the message he announced by his servants the prophets—will be accomplished.
- but that in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God, as he announced to his servants the prophets, would be fulfilled.
Rev.10.8 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- Και: CONJ
- η: ART,nom,sg,f
- φωνη: NOUN,nom,sg,f
- ην: VERB,impf,act,ind,3,sg
- ηκουσα: VERB,aor,act,ind,1,sg
- εκ: PREP
- του: ART,gen,sg,n
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- παλιν: ADV
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- μετ᾽εμου: PREP+PRON,gen,sg,1
- και: CONJ
- λεγουσαν·Υπαγε: PART,pres,act,nom,sg,f+VERB,pres,act,imp,2,sg
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- το: ART,acc,sg,n
- βιβλιον: NOUN,acc,sg,n
- το: ART,acc,sg,n
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- εν: PREP
- τη: ART,dat,sg,f
- χειρι: NOUN,dat,sg,fem
- του: ART,gen,sg,n
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- του: ART,gen,sg,n
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- επι: PREP
- της: ART,gen,sg,f
- θαλασσης: NOUN,gen,sg,f
- και: CONJ
- επι: PREP
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 3:1-3 (verbal): Ezekiel is commanded to receive/eat a written roll—language and motif of taking and internalizing a prophetic book parallel to John's being told to take the little open book.
- Revelation 10:9-10 (structural): Immediate literary continuation: John obeys the command, takes and eats the little book; same scene continued and explained.
- Revelation 5:1, 5:7 (thematic): Both passages center on a book/scroll in divine hands and its authority; Rev 10’s open little book contrasts with the sealed scroll held by the One on the throne in chapter 5.
- Jeremiah 15:16 (verbal): Jeremiah describes finding and eating the words of the Lord—the metaphor of eating prophetic words as internal acceptance and commission echoes Revelation’s eating of the book.
- Daniel 12:4 (allusion): Daniel speaks of words/book sealed until the time of the end; Revelation’s motif of sealed versus opened scrolls and end-time disclosure alludes to Daniel’s sealed prophecies.
Alternative generated candidates
- Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again: “Go, take the little scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.”
- And the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the little scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
Rev.10.9 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- και: CONJ
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- προς: PREP
- τον: ART,acc,sg,m
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- το: ART,acc,sg,n
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- και: CONJ
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- και: CONJ
- καταφαγε: VERB,aor,act,imp,2,sg
- αυτο: PRON,acc,sg,neut
- και: CONJ
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- την: ART,acc,sg,f
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- αλλ᾽εν: CONJ
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- σου: PRON,gen,sg,2
- εσται: VERB,fut,mid,ind,3,sg
- γλυκυ: ADJ,nom,sg,n
- ως: ADV
- μελι: NOUN,acc,sg,n
Parallels
- Ezekiel 3:1-3 (quotation): Ezekiel is commanded to 'eat' a scroll/roll; the text becomes as honey in his mouth though the message is bitter—language and action echoed nearly verbatim in Rev 10:9-10.
- Jeremiah 15:16 (verbal): Jeremiah describes finding and 'eating' God's words, which become 'joy and rejoicing' to his heart—parallels the motif of consuming divine revelation as internal nourishment.
- Psalm 119:103 (verbal): The psalmist declares God's words 'sweet as honey' to the taste—direct verbal imagery also used in Revelation 10 to describe the scroll's sweetness in the mouth.
- Deuteronomy 8:3 (thematic): God's word portrayed as spiritual sustenance ('man does not live by bread alone but by every word…'), thematically related to the motif of 'eating' a divine book/word in Revelation 10.
Alternative generated candidates
- So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little scroll.” And he said to me, “Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”
- So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”
Rev.10.10 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- και: CONJ
- ελαβον: VERB,aor,act,ind,3,pl
- το: ART,acc,sg,n
- βιβλαριδιον: NOUN,acc,sg,n
- εκ: PREP
- της: ART,gen,sg,f
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- και: CONJ
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- αυτο: PRON,acc,sg,neut
- και: CONJ
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- εν: PREP
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- μου: PRON,gen,sg,1
- ως: ADV
- μελι: NOUN,acc,sg,n
- γλυκυ·και: ADJ,nom,sg,n
- οτε: CONJ
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- αυτο: PRON,acc,sg,neut
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- η: ART,nom,sg,f
- κοιλια: NOUN,nom,sg,f
- μου: PRON,gen,sg,1
Parallels
- Revelation 10:9 (structural): Immediate narrative context — the preceding verse narrates John taking the little scroll from the angel, directly linked to v.10's eating of it.
- Ezekiel 3:3 (quotation): Direct verbal echo — Ezekiel is made to eat a scroll that is 'as honey in my mouth,' language closely paralleled in Rev 10:10.
- Ezekiel 2:8–3:11 (allusion): Parallel commissioning pattern — after eating the scroll Ezekiel is commissioned to speak to Israel, mirroring John's subsequent command to prophesy (Rev 10:11).
- Jeremiah 15:16 (verbal): Shared motif of ingesting God's word — Jeremiah says 'I did eat' God's words and they became a part of him (joy/revelation), echoing the 'eat the scroll' image.
- Psalm 119:103 (thematic): Thematic parallel — God's words described as sweet to the taste ('how sweet are thy words'), matching the 'sweet as honey in my mouth' motif in Rev 10:10.
Alternative generated candidates
- I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it; it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach turned bitter.
- And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.
Rev.10.11 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- Και: CONJ
- λεγουσιν: VERB,pres,act,ind,3,pl
- μοι·Δει: PRON,dat,sg,1+VERB,pres,act,ind,3,sg
- σε: PRON,acc,sg,2
- παλιν: ADV
- προφητευσαι: VERB,pres,act,inf
- επι: PREP
- λαοις: NOUN,dat,pl,m
- και: CONJ
- εθνεσιν: NOUN,dat,pl,n
- και: CONJ
- γλωσσαις: NOUN,dat,pl,f
- και: CONJ
- βασιλευσιν: NOUN,dat,pl,m
- πολλοις: ADJ,dat,pl,m
Parallels
- Ezekiel 3:4-11 (verbal): Prophetic commissioning that includes the command to 'eat the scroll' and to prophesy to a people—language and imagery echoed in Revelation's command to prophesy again.
- Jeremiah 1:4-10 (thematic): Divine call of a prophet and commissioning to speak God's word (to uproot/build), paralleling the authoritative summons to prophesy to peoples and nations.
- Revelation 11:3 (structural): Within Revelation: the two witnesses who 'will prophesy' to the nations—directly parallels Rev 10:11's mandate to prophesy to many peoples, tongues, and kings.
- Acts 26:16-18 (thematic): Paul's commission to be a witness to Gentiles and to open their eyes echoes the missionary/prophetic remit to reach peoples, nations, and rulers.
- Matthew 28:19-20 (thematic): The Great Commission to make disciples of 'all nations' parallels the universal scope of the prophet's mission in Rev 10:11 to peoples, nations, languages, and kings.
Alternative generated candidates
- And they said to me, “You must prophesy again concerning peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”
- And he said to me, “You must prophesy again over many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow was upon his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
He held in his hand a little scroll that was open; and he set his right foot on the sea and his left on the land. And he cried out with a loud voice, like the roar of a lion; and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down." And the angel whom I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven,
and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and all that is in it, and the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, that there would be no more delay. But in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God will be accomplished, as he announced to his servants the prophets.
Then the voice which I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, "Go, take the little scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land." So I went to the angel and said to him, "Give me the little scroll." And he said to me, "Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey."
I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. And they said to me, "You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings."