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Daniel 10:1-11; 18-19 NIV
1 In the third year of Cyrus
king of Persia, a revelation was given to Daniel (who was called
Belteshazzar). Its message was true and it concerned a great war.
The understanding of the message came to him in a vision.
2 At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks.
3 I ate no choice food; no meat
or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the
three weeks were over.
4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was
standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
5 I looked up and there before
me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of the finest gold around
his waist.
6 His body was like chrysolite,
his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and
legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the
sound of a multitude.
7 I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision; the men with
me did not see it, but such terror overwhelmed them that they fled
and hid themselves.
8 So I was left alone, gazing
at this great vision; I had no strength left, my face turned deathly
pale and I was helpless.
9 Then I heard him speaking,
and as I listened to him, I fell into a deep sleep, my face to the
ground.
10 A hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and
knees.
11 He said, "Daniel, you who
are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about to
speak to you, and stand up, for I have now been sent to you." And
when he said this to me, I stood up trembling.
18 Again the one who looked like a man touched me and gave me
strength.
19 "Do not be afraid, O man
highly esteemed," he said. "Peace! Be strong now; be strong." When
he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, "Speak, my lord, since
you have given me strength."
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