Revelation 10

10:1 Then1 I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped2 in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire.3 10:2 He held4 in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land. 10:3 Then5 he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices. 10:4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but6 just then7 I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down.” 10:5 Then8 the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven 10:6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay!9 10:7 But in the days10 when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed,11 just as he has12 proclaimed to his servants13 the prophets.” 10:8 Then14 the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak15 to me16 again,17 “Go and take the open18 scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” 10:9 So19 I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He20 said to me, “Take the scroll21 and eat it. It22 will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.” 10:10 So23 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste24 as sweet as honey in my mouth, but25 when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter. 10:11 Then26 they27 told me: “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations,28 languages, and kings.”

The Fate of the Two Witnesses

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