¹³ “In the visions I saw while lying in bed,^(A) I looked, and there before me was a holy one,^(B) a messenger,^[a] coming down from heaven.

¹⁷ “‘The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High^(A) is sovereign^(B) over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest^(C) of people.’