Revelation 10 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

The Angel and the Little Book

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed in a cloud, with a rainbow (halo) over his head; and his face was like the sun, and his feet (legs) were like columns of fire;

Rev 10:2

Rev 10:2and he had a little book (scroll) open in his hand. He set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land;

Rev 10:3

Rev 10:3and he shouted with a loud voice, like the roaring of a lion [compelling attention and inspiring awe]; and when he had shouted out, the seven peals of thunder spoke with their own voices [uttering their message in distinct words].

Rev 10:4

Rev 10:4And when the seven peals of thunder had spoken, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them down.”

Rev 10:5

Rev 10:5Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the sea and the land raised his right hand [to swear an oath] to heaven,

Rev 10:6

Rev 10:6and swore [an oath] by [the name of] Him who lives forever and ever, 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 there will be delay no longer,

Rev 10:7

Rev 10:7but [fn]when it is time for the [fn]trumpet call of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God [that is, His hidden purpose and plan] is finished, as He announced the gospel to His servants the prophets.

Rev 10:8

Then the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking to me, and saying, “Go, take the book (scroll) which is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

Rev 10:9

Rev 10:9So I went up to the angel and told him to give me the little book. And 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.”

Rev 10:10

Rev 10:10So I took the little book from the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was as sweet as honey; but once I had swallowed it, my stomach was [fn]bitter.

Rev 10:11

Rev 10:11Then they said to me, “You must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”