1. Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face shone like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire.
2. And in his hand was a small scroll that had been opened. He stood with his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
3. And he gave a great shout like the roar of a lion. And when he shouted, the seven thunders answered.
4. When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Keep secret what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down.”
5. Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand toward heaven.
6. He swore an oath in the name of the one who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and everything in them, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it. He said, “There will be no more delay.