² And behold, six men came from the direction of ^(A)the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was ^(B)a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his waist. And they went in and stood beside ^(C)the bronze altar.

² And he said to ^(A)the man clothed in linen, “Go in among ^(B)the whirling wheels underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with ^(C)burning coals from between the cherubim, and ^(D)scatter them over the city.”

And he went in ^(E)before my eyes.

⁶ And when he commanded ^(A)the man clothed in linen, ^(B)“Take fire from between ^(C)the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he went in and stood beside a wheel. ⁷ And a cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out.

^5 (A)I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, ^(B)a man clothed in linen, ^(C)with a belt of fine ^(D)gold from Uphaz around his waist.

⁶ And someone said to ^(A)the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream,^{[a] (B)}“How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?” ⁷ And I heard ^(C)the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream; ^(D)he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and ^(E)swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a ^(F)time, times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of ^(G)the power of ^(H)the holy people comes to an end all these things would be finished.