⁵ I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in ^(A)linen, whose waist was ^(B)girded with gold of Uphaz!

² And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his ^[a]battle-ax in his hand. ^(A)One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer’s inkhorn ^[b]at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

⁶ And one said to the man clothed in ^(A)linen, who was above the waters of the river, ^(B)“How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?”

⁷ Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he ^(C)held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him ^(D)who lives forever, ^(E)that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; ^(F)and when the power of ^(G)the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.

^13 (A)and in the midst of the seven lampstands ^(B)One like the Son of Man, ^(C)clothed with a garment down to the feet and ^(D)girded about the chest with a golden band. ¹⁴ His head and ^(E)hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and ^(F)His eyes like a flame of fire; ^15 (G)His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and ^(H)His voice as the sound of many waters;