Daniel 10:5–12

⁵I looked up, and there was a man dressed in linen,^ag with a belt of gold^ah from Uphaz^Ia around his waist. ⁶His body was like beryl,^J his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches,^b his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.^c

⁷Only I, Daniel, saw the vision.^d The men who were with me did not see it,^e but a great terror fell on them,^f and they ran and hid. ⁸I was left alone, looking at this great vision.^g No strength was left in me; my face grew deathly pale,^Ah and I was powerless. ⁹I heard the words he said, and when I heard them I fell into a deep sleep,^Bi with my face to the ground.

ANGELIC CONFLICT

¹⁰Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me shaking on my hands and knees. ¹¹He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man treasured by God.^j Understand the words that I’m saying to you. Stand on your feet,^k for I have now been sent to you.”^l After he said this to me, I stood trembling.

¹²“Don’t be afraid,^m Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God,ⁿ your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.^o