| And 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: |
| And 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, |
| And cried with a loud voice, as
when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven
thunders uttered their voices. |
| And 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. |
| And the angel which I saw stand
upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand
to heaven, |
| And 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: |
| But 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. |
| And 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. |
| And 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. |
| And 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. |
| And he said unto me, Thou must
prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and
tongues, and kings. |