1 In the third year of Cyrus the king of Persia, a message came to Daniel from God, and it was explained in a vision. The message was about a horrible war, and it was true.
2 Daniel wrote:For three weeks I was in sorrow.
3 I ate no fine food or meat, I drank no wine, and I put no olive oil on my face or hair.
4 Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was standing on the banks of the great River Tigris,
5 when I looked up and saw someone dressed in linen and wearing a solid gold belt.
6 His body was like a precious stone, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming fires, his arms and legs like polished bronze, and his voice like the roar of a crowd.
7 Although the people who were with me did not see the vision, they became so frightened that they scattered and hid.