1 Then I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven wrapped in a cloud, with a halo around his head; his face was like the sun and his feet were like pillars of fire.
2 In his hand he held a small scroll that had been opened. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,
3 and then he cried out in a loud voice as a lion roars. When he cried out, the seven thunders raised their voices, too.
4 When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to write it down; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have spoken, but do not write it down.”
5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven
6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them, “There shall be no more delay.