The Angel and the Small Scroll (Ezekiel 3:1–15)
1 AKJV And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was on his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: BSB BSB: Then 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.
2 AKJV And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the earth, BSB BSB: He 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.
3 AKJV And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. BSB BSB: Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.
4 AKJV And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. BSB BSB: When 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.”
5 AKJV And the angel which I saw stand on the sea and on the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, BSB BSB: Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.
6 AKJV And swore by him that lives 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: BSB BSB: And 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!
7 AKJV 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 has declared to his servants the prophets. BSB BSB: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he begins to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”
8 AKJV And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which stands on the sea and on the earth. BSB BSB: Then 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.”
9 AKJV And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make your belly bitter, but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey. BSB BSB: And 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.”
10 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: So 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.
11 AKJV And he said to me, You must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. BSB BSB: And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”
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