² He was holding a little scroll,^(A) which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,^(B)

⁹ So 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 your stomach sour, but ‘in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.’^[a]”^(A)

¹⁰ I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth,^(A) but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.