⁴ And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write;^(A) but I heard a voice from heaven^(B) say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”^(C)

⁵ Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land^(D) raised his right hand to heaven.^{(E) 6} And he swore^(F) by him who lives for ever and ever,^(G) who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it,^(H) and said, “There will be no more delay!^{(I) 7} But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet,^(J) the mystery^(K) of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.”^(L)