 1 I then saw another mighty angel come down from Heaven, clothed with a cloud. There was a rainbow on his head and his face shone as though it were the Sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire. 2 He had a little book open in his hand, and he placed+ his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the Earth. 3 He cried out with a loud voice like a lion's roar. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 After the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write when I heard a voice from heaven saying to me: Seal up those things that the seven thunders uttered and do not write them. 5 Then the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the Earth lifted up his hand to Heaven. 6 He swore by God who lives forever and ever and who created Heaven and Earth and the sea and everything that is in them, that time shall not be further delayed. 7 But in the days when the voice of the seventh angel shall begin to sound, the mystery~ of God will be finished, just as He declared to His servants the prophets. 8 Then the voice that I heard from Heaven spoke to me again and said: Go and take the little book that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing upon the sea and upon the Earth. 9 I went to the angel and said to him: Give me the little book. He said to me: Take it and eat it up. It will make your belly bitter, but it will be sweet as honey in your mouth. 10 I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. 11 He said to me: You must prophesy again before many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.
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