¹² Then he said to me, “^(A)Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on ^(B)humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come ^(C)in response to your words. ¹³ But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was standing ^[a]in my way for twenty-one days; then behold, ^(D)Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia. ¹⁴ Now I have come to ^(E)explain to you what will happen to your people in the ^[b](F)latter days, because the vision pertains to ^(G)the days still future.”