1And I saw another mighty angel come down
from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon
his head, and his face was as
it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2And he had in his hand a little book open:
and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on
the earth,
3And cried with a loud voice, as when a
lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders
uttered their voices.
4And when the seven thunders had uttered
their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a
voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those
things which the seven thunders uttered, and write
them not.
5And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea
and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6And sware by him that liveth for ever and
ever, who created heaven, and the things that
therein are, and the earth, and the things that
therein are, and the sea, and the things which are
therein, that there should be time no longer:
7But in the days of the voice of the seventh
angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of
God should be finished, as he hath declared to his
servants the prophets.
8And the voice which I heard from heaven
spake unto me again, and said, Go and take
the little book which is open in the hand of the
angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the
earth.
9And I went unto the angel, and said unto
him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me,
Take it,
and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter,
but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10And I took the little book out of the
angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth
sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my
belly was bitter.
11And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy
again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues,
and kings.