Revelation 10:1-11:14

The Angel and the Little Scroll

Then I saw another ^astrong angel ^bcoming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the ^crainbow was upon his head, and ^dhis face was like the sun, and his ^efeet like pillars of fire; 2 and he had in his hand a ^alittle scroll which was open. He placed ^bhis right foot on the sea and his left on the earth, 3 and he cried out with a loud voice, ^aas when a lion roars. And when he had cried out, the ^bseven peals of thunder ¹uttered their voices. 4 And when the seven peals of thunder had spoken, ^aI was about to write; and I ^bheard a voice from heaven saying, “^cSeal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them.” 5 Then the angel, whom I saw standing on the sea and on the earth, ^alifted up his right hand to heaven, 6 ^aand swore by ^bHim who lives forever and ever, ^cwho created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that ^dthere will be delay no longer, 7 but in the days of the voice of the ^aseventh angel, when he is about to sound, then ^bthe mystery of God is finished, as He proclaimed good news to His slaves, the prophets.
8 Then ^athe voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take ^bthe scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who ^bstands on the sea and on the earth.” 9 So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he *said to me, “^aTake it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” 10 And I took the little scroll out of 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. 11 And ^athey *said to me, “You must ^bprophesy again about ^cmany peoples and nations and tongues and ^dkings.”

The Two Witnesses

Then a ¹^ameasuring rod like a staff was given to me, ^bsaying, “Get up and measure the sanctuary of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. 2 And ¹leave out the ^acourt which is outside the sanctuary and do not measure it, for ^bit has been given to the Gentiles, and they will ^btrample ^cthe holy city under foot for ^dforty-two months. 3 And I will give authority to my two ^awitnesses, and they will prophesy for ^b1,260 days, clothed in ^csackcloth.” 4 These are the ^atwo olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if anyone wishes to harm them, ^afire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wishes to harm them, ^bhe must be killed in this way. 6 These have the authority to ^ashut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during ^bthe days of their prophesying; they also have authority over the waters to ^cturn them into blood, and ^dto strike the earth with every plague, as often as they wish.
7 And when they have finished their witness, ^athe beast that comes up out of the ^babyss will ^cmake war with them and overcome them and kill them. 8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the ^agreat city which spiritually is called ^bSodom and ^cEgypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9 And those from ^athe peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead ¹bodies for three and a half days, and ²^bwill not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. 10 And ^athose who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate and ^bsend gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ^athose who dwell on the earth.
11 But after the three and a half days, ^athe breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who were watching them. 12 And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “^aCome up here.” Then they ^bwent up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them. 13 And in that hour there was a great ^aearthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; ¹seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^bgave glory to the ^cGod of heaven.
14 The second ^awoe is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.