The Angel and the Little Scroll
10 I saw another (A)strong angel (B)coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the (C)rainbow was on his head, and (D)his face was like the sun, and his (E)feet like pillars of fire; 2 and he had in his hand a (F)little scroll, which was open. He placed (G)his right foot on the sea and his left on the land; 3 and he cried out with a loud voice, (H)as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out, the (I)seven peals of thunder uttered their voices. 4 When the seven peals of thunder had spoken, (J)I was about to write; and I (K)heard a voice from heaven, saying, “(L)Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken, and do not write them.” 5 Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land (M)raised his right hand to heaven, 6 (N)and swore by (O)Him who lives forever and ever, (P)who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that (Q)there will no longer be a delay, 7 but in the days of the voice of the (R)seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then (S)the mystery of God is finished, as He announced to His servants the prophets.
8 Then (T)the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take (U)the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who (V)stands on the sea and on the land.” 9 And I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he *said to me, “(W)Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” 10 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. 11 And (X)they *said to me, “You must (Y)prophesy again concerning (Z)many peoples, nations, languages, and (AA)kings.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 10:3
Cross references
- Revelation 10:1 : Rev 5:2
- Revelation 10:1 : Rev 18:1; 20:1
- Revelation 10:1 : Rev 4:3
- Revelation 10:1 : Matt 17:2; Rev 1:16
- Revelation 10:1 : Rev 1:15
- Revelation 10:2 : Rev 5:1; 10:8-10
- Revelation 10:2 : Rev 10:5, 8
- Revelation 10:3 : Is 31:4; Hos 11:10
- Revelation 10:3 : Ps 29:3-9; Rev 4:5
- Revelation 10:4 : Rev 1:11, 19
- Revelation 10:4 : Rev 10:8
- Revelation 10:4 : Dan 8:26; 12:4, 9; Rev 22:10
- Revelation 10:5 : Deut 32:40; Dan 12:7
- Revelation 10:6 : Gen 14:22; Ex 6:8; Num 14:30; Ezek 20:5
- Revelation 10:6 : Rev 4:9
- Revelation 10:6 : Ex 20:11; Rev 4:11
- Revelation 10:6 : Rev 6:11; 12:12; 16:17; 21:6
- Revelation 10:7 : Rev 11:15
- Revelation 10:7 : Amos 3:7; Rom 16:25
- Revelation 10:8 : Rev 10:4
- Revelation 10:8 : Rev 10:2
- Revelation 10:8 : Rev 10:2
- Revelation 10:9 : Jer 15:16; Ezek 2:8; 3:1-3
- Revelation 10:11 : Rev 11:1
- Revelation 10:11 : Ezek 37:4, 9
- Revelation 10:11 : Rev 5:9
- Revelation 10:11 : Rev 17:10, 12
