3. As I watched, this wind made something like the figure of a man come up out of the heart of the sea. That man was flying among the clouds of heaven. Wherever he turned his face to look, everything that fell under his gaze trembled.
4. Wherever an utterance came from his mouth, all who heard his voice melted as wax melts when it feels the fire.
5. I kept watching these things, and an innumerable multitude of people came together from the four winds of heaven to fight against the man who had come up from the sea.
6. I watched as he carved a great mountain for himself and flew onto it.
7. I tried to see the region or place from which the mountain was carved, but I couldn’t.
8. After this I looked and I saw that all who had gathered to do battle against him were sorely afraid, yet they dared to fight.
9. When he saw the rush of the multitude coming, he didn’t raise his hand or hold a spear or any weapon of war. Rather, I saw
10. something like a wave of fire shoot forth from his mouth, and a breath of flame from his lips, and a storm of sparks from his tongue. All these things—the wave of fire, the breath of flame, and the mighty storm—mixed together
11. and fell upon the crowd that was rushing forward, prepared to fight. It burned them all up so that suddenly nothing was seen of the innumerable mob except the dust of ashes and the smell of smoke. I saw this and was amazed.
12. After these things I saw the same man coming down from the mountain and calling to himself another crowd—a peaceful one.
13. Many people came to him. Some were rejoicing and some were sad, some were even tied up, while some were bringing other people as an offering.I woke up in great fear and pleaded with the Most High. I said,