^{3 Ref} He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.

^{4 Ref} When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don't write them."

^{5 Ref} The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,

^{6 Ref} and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,

^{7 Ref} but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.

^{8 Ref} The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land."