Revelation 10-11

New American Standard Bible

The Angel and the Little Scroll

10 I saw another ^(A)strong angel ^(B)coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the ^(C)rainbow was on his head, and ^(D)his face was like the sun, and his ^(E)feet like pillars of fire; ² and he had in his hand a ^(F)little scroll, which was open. He placed ^(G)his right foot on the sea and his left on the land; ³ and he cried out with a loud voice, ^(H)as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out, the ^(I)seven peals of thunder ^[a]uttered their voices. ⁴ When the seven peals of thunder had spoken, ^(J)I was about to write; and I ^(K)heard a voice from heaven, saying, “^(L)Seal 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 land ^(M)raised his right hand to heaven, ^6 (N)and swore by ^(O)Him who lives forever and ever, ^(P)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 ^(Q)there will no longer be a delay, ⁷ but in the days of the voice of the ^(R)seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then ^(S)the mystery of God is finished, as He announced to His servants the prophets.

⁸ Then ^(T)the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take ^(U)the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who ^(V)stands on the sea and on the land.” ⁹ And I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he *said to me, “^(W)Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” ¹⁰ 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. ¹¹ And ^(X)they *said to me, “You must ^(Y)prophesy again concerning ^(Z)many peoples, nations, languages, and ^(AA)kings.”

The Two Witnesses

11 Then there was given to me a ^[b](AB)measuring rod like a staff; ^[c]and ^(AC)someone said, “Get up and measure the ^[d]temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. ^2 [e]Leave out the ^(AD)courtyard which is outside the ^[f]temple and do not measure it, because ^(AE)it has been given to the nations; and they will ^(AF)trample ^(AG)the holy city for ^(AH)forty-two months. ³ And I will grant authority to my two ^(AI)witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^(AJ)1,260 days, clothed in ^(AK)sackcloth.” ⁴ These are the ^(AL)two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ And if anyone wants to harm them, ^(AM)fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; and so if anyone wants to harm them, ^(AN)he must be killed in this way. ⁶ These have the power to ^(AO)shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during ^(AP)the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to ^(AQ)turn them into blood, and ^(AR)to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

⁷ When they have finished their testimony, ^(AS)the beast that comes up out of the ^(AT)abyss will ^(AU)make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. ⁸ And their dead bodies will lie on the street of the ^(AV)great city which ^[g]spiritually is called ^(AW)Sodom and ^(AX)Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹ Those from ^(AY)the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will look at their dead ^[h]bodies for three and a half days, and ^[i](AZ)will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. ¹⁰ And ^(BA)those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will ^(BB)send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented ^(BC)those who live on the earth.

¹¹ And after the three and a half days, ^(BD)the 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, “^(BE)Come up here.” And they ^(BF)went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them. ¹³ And ^[j]at that time there was a great ^(BG)earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; ^[k]seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and ^(BH)gave glory to the ^(BI)God of heaven.

¹⁴ The second ^(BJ)woe has passed; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet: Christ’s Reign Foreseen

¹⁵ Then the ^(BK)seventh angel sounded; and there were ^(BL)loud voices in heaven, saying,

“^(BM)The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(BN)His ^[l]Christ; and ^(BO)He will reign forever and ever.” ¹⁶ And the twenty-four elders, who ^(BP)sit on their thrones before God, ^(BQ)fell on their faces and worshiped God, ¹⁷ saying,

“We give You thanks, ^(BR)Lord God, the Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to ^(BS)reign. ¹⁸ And ^(BT)the nations were enraged, and ^(BU)Your wrath came, and ^(BV)the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to ^[m]reward Your ^(BW)bond-servants the prophets and the ^[n]saints and those who fear Your name, ^(BX)the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

¹⁹ And ^(BY)the ^[o]temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and ^(BZ)the ark of His covenant appeared in His ^[p]temple, and there were flashes of ^(CA)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a ^(CB)great ^[q]hailstorm.