¹⁰ A hand touched me^(A) and set me trembling on my hands and knees.^(B)

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet^(A) as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me^(B) and said: “Do not be afraid.^(C) I am the First and the Last.^(D)

⁹ Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched^(A) my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.^(B)

¹⁸ While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.^(A) Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.^(B)

¹⁸ Again the one who looked like a man touched^(A) me and gave me strength.^(B)

¹⁶ Then one who looked like a man^[a] touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak.^(A) I said to the one standing before me, “I am overcome with anguish^(B) because of the vision, my lord, and I feel very weak.

²¹ while I was still in prayer, Gabriel,^(A) the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.^(B)