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Daniel 10

Daniel Is Terrified by a Vision

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In the third year of  aCyrus king of Persia a  1message was revealed to  bDaniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the  1 cmessage was true and one of great  2conflict, but he understood the  1message and had an  dunderstanding of the vision.

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In those days, I, Daniel, had been  amourning for three entire weeks.

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I  adid not eat any  1tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three weeks were completed.

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On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, while I was by the bank of the great  ariver, that is, the  1Tigris,

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I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man  adressed in linen, whose waist was  bgirded with a belt of pure  cgold of Uphaz.

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His body also was like  1beryl, his face  2had the appearance of lightning,  ahis eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a  3tumult.

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Now I, Daniel,  aalone saw the vision, while the  bmen who were with me did not see the vision; nevertheless, a great  cdread fell on them, and they ran away to hide themselves.

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So I was  aleft alone and saw this great vision; yet  bno strength was left in me, for my  1natural color turned to  2a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength.

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But I heard the sound of his words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I  afell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.

Daniel Comforted

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Then behold, a hand  atouched me and set me trembling on my  1hands and knees.

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He said to me, "O  aDaniel, man of  1high esteem,  bunderstand the words that I am about to tell you and  cstand  2upright, for I have now been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up  dtrembling.

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Then he said to me, " aDo not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on  bhumbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response  cto your words.

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"But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was  1withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold,  aMichael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

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"Now I have come to  agive you an understanding of what will happen to your people in the  1 blatter days, for the vision pertains to  cthe days yet future."

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When he had spoken to me according to these words, I  1turned my face toward the ground and became  aspeechless.

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And behold,  1 aone who resembled a human being was  btouching my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, "O my lord, as a result of the vision  2 canguish has come upon me, and I have retained no strength.

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"For  ahow can such a servant of my lord talk with such as my lord? As for me, there remains just now  bno strength in me, nor has any breath been left in me."

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Then this one with human appearance touched me again and  astrengthened me.

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He said, "O man of  1high esteem,  ado not be afraid. Peace  2be with you; take  bcourage and be courageous!" Now as soon as he spoke to me, I received strength and said, "May my lord speak, for you have  cstrengthened me."

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Then he said, "Do you  1understand why I came to you? But I shall now return to fight against the  2prince of Persia; so I am going forth, and behold, the  2 aprince of  3Greece is about to come.

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"However, I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of  atruth. Yet there is no one who  1stands firmly with me against these forces except  bMichael your prince.



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