And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.
And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.” Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the Lord being strong upon me.
And he spread it before me. And it had writing on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe.
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