(M51) 5 And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven, 6 and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever(143), who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein(144), that there shall be delay(145) no longer: 7 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished the mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he declared to his servants(146) the prophets.
(M52) 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven, _I heard it_ again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, saying unto him that he should give me the little book. And he saith unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter. 11 And they say unto me, Thou must prophesy again over(147) many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.
(M53) 1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said(148), Rise, and measure the temple(149) of God, and the altar, and them that worship(150) therein. 2 And the court which is without the temple(151) leave without(152), and measure it not; for it hath been given unto the nations(153): and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
(M54) 3 And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks(154), standing before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if any man desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed. 6 These have the power to shut the heaven, that it rain not during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire.