The Angel and the Small Scroll (Ezekiel 3:1–15)
1 ULT And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven clothed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head and his face like the sun and his feet like 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 ULT and having in his hand an opened little scroll. And he put his right foot on the sea and{ his} left on the land, 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 ULT and he shouted in a loud voice, as a lion roars, and when he shouted, the seven thunders spoke their own 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 ULT And when the seven thunders spoke, I was going to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying,“Seal what the seven thunders said and do not write it.” 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 ULT And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right 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 ULT and swore by the one living to the ages of the ages, who created heaven and the{ things} in it and the earth and the{ things} in it and the sea and the{ things} in it,“There will be no more time, 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 ULT but in the days of the sound of the seventh angel, when he is going to trumpet, then the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he proclaimed to{ his} own 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 ULT And the voice that I heard from heaven was speaking with me again and saying:“Go, take the opened scroll in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.” 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 ULT And I went to the angel, telling him to give the little scroll to me. And he says to me,“Take and eat it, and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet like 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 ULT And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it, and it was sweet like honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made 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 ULT And they said to me,“It is necessary for you to prophesy again about many peoples and nations and languages 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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