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Revelation 10

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The Angel and the Small Scroll

(Ezekiel 3:1–15)

1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

2He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

3Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

4When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

5Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

6And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!

7But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”

8Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”

9And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”*

10So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.

11And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”

Source notes

  1. 10:9 See Numbers 5:24 and Ezekiel 3:3. Read Numbers 5:24 Read Ezekiel 3:3

Old Testament references

References from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Text from the Berean Standard Bible.

Numbers 5:24

He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering.

Ezekiel 3:3

“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

Exodus 16:10

And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.

Leviticus 16:2

And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

Psalms 97:2

Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.

Psalms 104:3

laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

Isaiah 19:1

This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Lamentations 3:44

You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

Daniel 7:13

In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.

Genesis 9:11

And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

Genesis 9:12

And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:

Genesis 9:13

I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

Genesis 9:14

Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

Genesis 9:15

I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

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