Daniel’s Vision by the Tigris
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. 1 And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision. Dan 1:21Dan 6:28Dan 8:26Dan 1:7Dan 1:172Ch 36:22Dan 10:14Dan 12:4
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks. Neh 1:4Dan 9:24-27Ezr 9:4-5Isa 66:10Jer 9:1Mat 9:15Psa 137:1-5Psa 42:9 I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed. Mat 6:17Dan 11:81Co 9:27Amo 5:11Dan 6:18Isa 24:6-11Nam 2:92Sa 19:24
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris, Gen 2:14Dan 8:2Ezk 1:3 I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. Dan 12:6-7Ezk 9:2Rev 1:13-15Jer 10:9Rev 15:6-7Jos 5:13Eph 6:14Isa 11:5 His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude. Rev 19:12Mat 17:2Rev 1:13-17Rev 10:3-4Ezk 1:14Ezk 1:16Ezk 1:24Ezk 10:9
Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves. Act 9:7Act 22:9Gen 3:10Heb 12:21Isa 2:10Ezk 12:182Ki 6:17-20Jer 23:24
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless. Dan 7:28Dan 8:27Hab 3:16Mat 17:6Mrk 9:6Rev 1:172Co 12:2-32Co 12:7 I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Dan 8:18Gen 15:12Job 4:13Gen 2:21Luk 22:45Luk 9:32Sng 5:2Job 33:15
Suddenly, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. Jer 1:9Rev 1:17Dan 8:18Dan 10:16Dan 10:18Dan 9:21 He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” Act 26:16Dan 8:16-17Ezk 2:1Mrk 16:8Dan 10:19Jhn 13:23Jhn 21:20Job 37:1
And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. Act 10:30-31Dan 10:19Dan 9:20-23Isa 58:9Act 18:9-10Isa 41:10Isa 65:24Mat 28:5 However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia. Jud 1:9Dan 12:1Dan 10:20-21Rev 12:7Ezr 4:4-6Col 2:101Th 2:18Eph 6:12 Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.” Dan 8:26Dan 2:28Dan 12:4Hab 2:3Dan 12:9Deu 4:30Gen 49:1Hos 3:5
While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless. Ezk 24:27Luk 1:20Dan 10:9Dan 8:18Ezk 33:22 And suddenly one with the likeness of a man 2touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and said to the one standing before me, “My lord, because of the vision, I am overcome with anguish, and I have no strength. Dan 8:15Isa 6:7Jer 1:9Dan 7:15Dan 7:28Dan 8:17Dan 8:27Rev 1:13 How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? Now I have no strength, nor is any breath left in me.” Exo 24:10-11Isa 6:1-5Exo 33:20Gen 32:20Jdg 13:21-23Jdg 6:22Jhn 1:18Mat 22:43-44
Again the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me. Dan 10:16Dan 8:18Isa 35:3-4Luk 22:431Sa 23:152Co 12:9-10Act 18:23Col 1:11 “Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” Isa 35:4Jos 1:9Jdg 6:23Dan 10:11-12Dan 9:23Isa 43:1-22Co 12:9Jhn 14:27
As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”
“Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece 3will come. Dan 8:21Dan 11:2-4Dan 8:5-8Act 12:23Dan 10:13Dan 7:6Isa 37:36 But first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince. Dan 10:13Dan 12:1Rev 12:7Jud 1:9Act 15:15Dan 11:1-12Dan 12:4Dan 8:26