Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Angel and the Little Scroll
1 Then I saw another mighty
angel coming down out of
heaven. He was wrapped in a cloud
and had a rainbow around his head;
his face was like the sun, and his
legs were like columns of fire.
2 He
had a small scroll open in his hand.
He put his right foot on the sea and
his left foot on the land,
3 and called
out in a loud voice that sounded like
the roar of lions. After he had called
out, the seven thunders answered
with a roar.
4 As soon as they spoke,
I was about to write. But I heard a
voice speak from heaven, “Keep secret
what the seven thunders have
said; do not write it down!”
5 Then the angel that I saw standing
on the sea and on the land raised
his right hand to heaven
6 and took a
vow in the name of God, who lives
forever and ever, who created
heaven, earth, and the sea, and everything
in them. The angel said,
“There will be no more delay!
7 But
when the seventh angel blows his
trumpet, then God will accomplish
his secret plan, as he announced to
his servants, the prophets.” note
8 Then the voice that I had heard
speaking from heaven spoke to me
again, saying, “Go and take the open
scroll which is in the hand of the angel
standing on the sea and on the
land.”
9 I went to the angel and asked
him to give me the little scroll. He
said to me, “Take it and eat it; it will
turn sour in your stomach, but in
your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”
10 I took the little scroll from his
hand and ate it, and it tasted sweet
as honey in my mouth. But after I
swallowed it, it turned sour in my
-- --
stomach. note
11 Then I was told, “Once
again you must proclaim God's message
about many nations, races, languages,
and kings.”
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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