Daniel’s Vision of a Dazzling Heavenly Messenger

10 In the third year of Cyrus the king of the Persians, a worda was revealed to Daniel, who was called by his name Belteshazzar, and the wordb was reliable and it concerned a great tribulation,c and he understood the wordd and ⌊he received understanding⌋.e

2 In those days, I, Daniel, I myselff was in mourning ⌊for three whole weeks⌋.g 3 I had not eaten any choice food, and meat and wine did not enter my mouth, and ⌊I did not use any ointment⌋h ⌊until the end of three whole weeks⌋.i 4 And then on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I myselfj was on the bank of the great river; that is, the Tigris. 5 And I lifted up my eyes and I saw,k and there was a man, and he was dressed in linen, and his waist was girded with the gold of Uphaz. 6 Now his body was like turquoise,l and his face was like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes were like torches of fire, and his arms and his legs were like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words was like the sound of a multitude. 7 And I saw, I, Daniel ⌊alone⌋,m the vision; and the people who were with me ⌊did not see⌋n the vision; nevertheless, a great trembling fell upon them and they fled in order to hide themselves. 8 And I myself, Daniel, alone saw this great vision, and as a result ⌊no strength was left in me⌋o and ⌊my complexion grew deathly pale⌋,p and I did not retain any strength. 9 And I heard the sound of his words, and ⌊when I heard⌋q the sound of his words I myself began falling into a trance on my face, ⌊with my face to the ground⌋.r