Daniel 10:1-5 ▼

1 In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar). The message was trustworthy and concerned a great conflict. He understood it and had insight concerning the vision.

2 |At that time I, Daniel, had been mourning for three straight weeks.

3 I ate no fancy foods—neither meat nor wine entered my mouth. Furthermore, I didn't use any ointment until the end of the entire three weeks.

4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, while I was beside the bank of the great Tigris River,

5 I lifted up my eyes to look, and to my surprise, there was a certain man dressed in linen, whose waist was encircled with gold from Uphaz!