Daniel 10:13–21

^13*The angel prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief angels, came to help me, because I had been left there alone in Persia. ¹⁴I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the future. This is a vision about the future.”

¹⁵When he said this, I stared at the ground, speechless. ¹⁶Then the angel, who looked like a human being, stretched out his hand and touched my lips. I said to him, “Sir, this vision makes me so weak that I can’t stop trembling. ¹⁷I am like a slave standing before his master. How can I talk to you? I have no strength or breath left in me.”

¹⁸Once more he took hold of me, and I felt stronger. ¹⁹He said, “God loves you, so don’t let anything worry you or frighten you.”

When he had said this, I felt even stronger and said, “Sir, tell me what you have to say. You have made me feel better.”

^20–21He said, “Do you know why I came to you? It is to reveal to you what is written in the Book of Truth. Now I have to go back and fight the guardian angel of Persia. After that, the guardian angel of Greece will appear. There is no one to help me except Michael, Israel’s guardian angel.^w