The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Revelation 10
1 I saw a mighty angel coming down out
of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow
was on his head. His face was like the sun,
and his feet like pillars of fire.
2 He had in his hand a little open book.
He set his right foot on the sea, and his left
on the land.
3 He cried with a loud voice, as a lion
roars. When he cried, the seven thunders
uttered their voices.
4 When the seven thunders sounded, I
was about to write; but I heard a voice
from the sky saying, “Seal up the things
which the seven thunders said, and don’t
write them.”
5 The angel whom I saw standing on the
sea and on the land lifted up his right hand
to the sky
6 and swore by him who lives forever
and ever, who created heaven and the
things that are in it, the earth and the
things that are in it, and the sea and the
things that are in it, that there will no
longer be delay,
7 but in the days of the voice of the seventh
angel, when he is about to sound,
then the mystery of God is finished, as he
declared to his servants the prophets.
8 The voice which I heard from heaven,
again speaking with me, said, “Go, take the
book whichis openinthehand ofthe angel
who stands on the sea and on the land.”
9 I went to the angel, telling him to give
me the little book.
He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It
will make your stomach bitter, but in your
mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
10 I took the little book out of the angel’s
hand, and ate it. It was as sweet as honey
in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my
stomach was made bitter.
11 They† told me, “You must prophesy
again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”