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I saw another ^(C1)strong angel ^(C2)coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the ^(C3)rainbow was on his head, and ^(C4)his face was like the sun, and his ^(C5)feet like pillars of fire;

and he had in his hand a ^(C1)little scroll, which was open. He placed ^(C2)his right foot on the sea and his left on the land;

and he cried out with a loud voice, ^(C1)as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out, the ^(C2)seven peals of thunder ^(F1)uttered their voices.

When the seven peals of thunder had spoken, ^(C1)I was about to write; and I ^(C2)heard a voice from heaven, saying, "^(C3)Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken, and do not write them."

Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land ^(C1)raised his right hand to heaven,

^(C1)and swore by ^(C2)Him who lives forever and ever, ^(C3)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 ^(C4)there will no longer be a delay,

but in the days of the voice of the ^(C1)seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then ^(C2)the mystery of God is finished, as He announced to His servants the prophets.

Then ^(C1)the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, "Go, take ^(C2)the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who ^(C2)stands on the sea and on the land."

And I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he ^(*)said to me, "^(C1)Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey."

I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

And ^(C1)they ^(*)said to me, "You must ^(C2)prophesy again concerning ^(C3)many peoples, nations, languages, and ^(C4)kings."