Revelation 10:9

Then I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take the scroll and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”

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In The King James Version

And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

In Context

8The voice I heard from heaven spoke to me again: “Go, take the open scroll that is in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”

10I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but after I ate it, my stomach became bitter.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 15:16Your words have been found, and I consumed them. Your words became to me a joy 1 and the delight of my heart, 1 for I bear your name, Yahweh, God of hosts. 1

Ezekiel 3:1He said to me, “Son of man, what you have found, eat. Eat this scroll, then go speak to the house of Israel.”

Colossians 3:6It is for these things that the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. + 3:6 Some versions read, It is for these things that the wrath of God is coming .

Matthew Henry on Revelation 10:9-11

The Little Book. ( a. d. 95.) 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as… Read the whole commentary →

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