Matthew Poole and continuators on Revelation 10:9

9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me t[illegible: 1 letter]e little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up , and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey .

Thus Ezekiel was bidden to eat the Roll; and it was in his Mouth as sweet as Hony, Ezek. 2.8. & 3.3. The eating of a Book signifies the due reading of it, digesting at, and meditating upon the matters in it,

It should be sweet in his Mouth, as it was the Revelation of the Mind and Will of God (which is sweet to all pious Souls; see Jer. 15.16.) but in his Belly it should be bitter, being the Revelation of the Divine Will, as to the bringing such terrible Judgments upon an impenitent People.

Marginal references: Ezek 2.8. & 3.1, 2, 3.