¹² Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, so that they may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?^(A)

¹⁸ I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth^{(A) 19} and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.^(B)

¹² He said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words.^(A)

²⁴ but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.^(A)