13. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for 21 days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me after I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
14. Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the last days, for the vision refers to those days.”
15. While he was saying these words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and was speechless.
16. Suddenly one with human likeness touched my lips. I opened my mouth and said to the one standing in front of me, “My lord, because of the vision, anguish overwhelms me and I am powerless.
17. How can someone like me, your servant, speak with someone like you, my lord? Now I have no strength, and there is no breath in me.”