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So I went up to the angel and told him to give me the little book. And he said to me, “Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”(A)

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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)

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  1. Revelation 10:9 Ezek. 3:3

10 So I took the little book from the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was as sweet as honey; but once I had swallowed it, my stomach was [a]bitter.(A)

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  1. Revelation 10:10 I.e. John was encouraged by the Word of God but was saddened as he realized the approaching judgment on unbelievers.

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.

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