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In the third[H7969]year[H8141] of Cyrus[H3566]king[H4428] of Persia[H6539] a thing[H1697] was revealed[H1540] unto Daniel[H1840], whose name[H8034] was called[H7121]Belteshazzar[H1095]; and the thing[H1697] was true[H571], but the time appointed[H6635] was long[H1419]: and he understood[H995] the thing[H1697], and had understanding[H998] of the vision[H4758].
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In those days[H3117] I Daniel[H1840] was mourning[H56]three[H7969]full[H3117]weeks[H7620].
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I ate[H398] no pleasant[H2532]bread[H3899], neither came[H935]flesh[H1320] nor wine[H3196] in my mouth[H6310], neither did I anoint[H5480] myself at all[H5480], till three[H7969]whole[H3117]weeks[H7620] were fulfilled[H4390].
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And in the four[H702] and twentieth[H6242]day[H3117] of the first[H7223]month[H2320], as I was by the side[H3027] of the great[H1419]river[H5104], which is Hiddekel[H2313];
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Then I lifted up[H5375] mine eyes[H5869], and looked[H7200], and behold a certain[H259]man[H376]clothed[H3847] in linen[H906], whose loins[H4975] were girded[H2296] with fine gold[H3800] of Uphaz[H210]:
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His body[H1472] also was like the beryl[H8658], and his face[H6440] as the appearance[H4758] of lightning[H1300], and his eyes[H5869] as lamps[H3940] of fire[H784], and his arms[H2220] and his feet[H4772] like in colour[H5869] to polished[H7044]brass[H5178], and the voice[H6963] of his words[H1697] like the voice[H6963] of a multitude[H1995].
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And I Daniel[H1840] alone saw[H7200] the vision[H4759]: for the men[H582] that were with me saw[H7200] not the vision[H4759]; but[H61] a great[H1419]quaking[H2731]fell[H5307] upon them, so that they fled[H1272] to hide[H2244] themselves.
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Therefore I was left alone[H7604], and saw[H7200] this great[H1419]vision[H4759], and there remained[H7604] no strength[H3581] in me: for my comeliness[H1935] was turned[H2015] in me into corruption[H4889], and I retained[H6113] no strength[H3581].
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Yet heard[H8085] I the voice[H6963] of his words[H1697]: and when I heard[H8085] the voice[H6963] of his words[H1697], then was I in a deep sleep[H7290] on my face[H6440], and my face[H6440] toward the ground[H776].
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And, behold, an hand[H3027]touched[H5060] me, which set[H5128] me upon my knees[H1290] and upon the palms[H3709] of my hands[H3027].
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And he said[H559] unto me, O Daniel[H1840], a man[H376] greatly beloved[H2532], understand[H995] the words[H1697] that I speak[H1696] unto thee, and stand[H5975]upright[H5977]: for unto thee am I now sent[H7971]. And when he had spoken[H1696] this word[H1697] unto me, I stood[H5975]trembling[H7460].
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Then said[H559] he unto me, Fear[H3372] not, Daniel[H1840]: for from the first[H7223]day[H3117] that thou didst set[H5414] thine heart[H3820] to understand[H995], and to chasten[H6031] thyself before[H6440] thy God[H430], thy words[H1697] were heard[H8085], and I am come[H935] for thy words[H1697].
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But the prince[H8269] of the kingdom[H4438] of Persia[H6539]withstood[H5975] me one[H259] and twenty[H6242]days[H3117]: but, lo, Michael[H4317], one[H259] of the chief[H7223]princes[H8269], came[H935] to help[H5826] me; and I remained[H3498] there with[H681] the kings[H4428] of Persia[H6539].
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Now I am come[H935] to make thee understand[H995] what shall befall[H7136] thy people[H5971] in the latter[H319]days[H3117]: for yet the vision[H2377] is for many days[H3117].
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And when he had spoken[H1696] such words[H1697] unto me, I set[H5414] my face[H6440] toward the ground[H776], and I became dumb[H481].
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And, behold, one like the similitude[H1823] of the sons[H1121] of men[H120]touched[H5060] my lips[H8193]: then I opened[H6605] my mouth[H6310], and spake[H1696], and said[H559] unto him that stood[H5975] before me, O my lord[H113], by the vision[H4759] my sorrows[H6735] are turned[H2015] upon me, and I have retained[H6113] no strength[H3581].
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For how[H1963]can[H3201] the servant[H5650] of this my lord[H113]talk[H1696] with this my lord?[H113] for as for me, straightway[H6258] there remained[H5975] no strength[H3581] in me, neither is there breath[H5397]left[H7604] in me.
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Then there came again[H3254] and touched[H5060] me one like the appearance[H4758] of a man[H120], and he strengthened[H2388] me,
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And said[H559], O man[H376] greatly beloved[H2532], fear[H3372] not: peace[H7965] be unto thee, be strong[H2388], yea, be strong[H2388]. And when he had spoken[H1696] unto me, I was strengthened[H2388], and said[H559], Let my lord[H113]speak[H1696]; for thou hast strengthened[H2388] me.
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Then said[H559] he, Knowest[H3045] thou wherefore I come[H935] unto thee? and now will I return[H7725] to fight[H3898] with the prince[H8269] of Persia[H6539]: and when I am gone forth[H3318], lo, the prince[H8269] of Grecia[H3120] shall come[H935].
21But[H61] I will shew[H5046] thee that which is noted[H7559] in the scripture[H3791] of truth[H571]: and there is none[H259] that holdeth[H2388] with me in these things, but[H61]Michael[H4317] your prince[H8269].