⁶ One of them said to the man clothed in linen,^(A) who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?”^(B)

¹³ Then I heard a holy one^(A) speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled^(B)—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot^(C) of the Lord’s people?”

² And I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with a deadly weapon in his hand. With them was a man clothed in linen^(A) who had a writing kit at his side. They came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

¹² Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord Almighty, how long^(A) will you withhold mercy^(B) from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah,^(C) which you have been angry with these seventy^(D) years?” ¹³ So the Lord spoke^(E) kind and comforting words^(F) to the angel who talked with me.^(G)

⁵ I looked up^(A) and there before me was a man dressed in linen,^(B) with a belt of fine gold^(C) from Uphaz around his waist. ⁶ His body was like topaz,^(D) his face like lightning,^(E) his eyes like flaming torches,^(F) his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze,^(G) and his voice^(H) like the sound of a multitude.

¹⁶ And I heard a man’s voice from the Ulai^(A) calling, “Gabriel,^(B) tell this man the meaning of the vision.”^(C)

¹⁴ The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen,^(A) white^(B) and clean.

⁶ Out of the temple^(A) came the seven angels with the seven plagues.^(B) They were dressed in clean, shining linen^(C) and wore golden sashes around their chests.^(D)

² He was holding a little scroll,^(A) which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,^{(B) 3} and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion.^(C) When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders^(D) spoke. ⁴ And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write;^(E) but I heard a voice from heaven^(F) say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”^(G)

⁵ Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land^(H) raised his right hand to heaven.^(I)