^9 (A)It was then I saw a hand stretched out to me; in it was a written scroll. ¹⁰ He unrolled it before me; it was covered with writing front and back. Written on it was: Lamentation, wailing, woe!^(B)

⁹ So I went up to the angel and told him to give me the small scroll. He said to me, “Take and swallow it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will taste as sweet^[a] as honey.” ¹⁰ I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and swallowed it. In my mouth it was like sweet honey, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour.^{(A) 11} Then someone said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”^[b]