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

¹⁸ may have strength to ^(A)comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and ^(B)height and depth, ¹⁹ and to know the love of Christ ^(C)that surpasses knowledge, that ^(D)you may be filled with all ^(E)the fullness of God.

¹² Then he said to me, ^(A)“Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you ^(B)set your heart to understand and ^(C)humbled yourself before your God, ^(D)your words have been heard, ^(E)and I have come because of your words.

²⁴ but ^(A)let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. ^(B)For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”