Daniel 10:2-12

2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for ¹three weeks.

3 I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I ²anoint myself at all, for ³the full three weeks.

4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing ⁴on the bank of the great river (⁵that is, the Tigris)

5 ⁶I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, ⁷a man clothed in linen, ⁸with a belt of fine ⁹gold from Uphaz around his waist.

6 His body was like ¹⁰beryl, his face ¹¹like the appearance of lightning, ¹²his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and ¹³legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and ¹⁴the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

7 ¹⁵And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.

8 So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and ¹⁶no strength was left in me. My radiant appearance was fearfully changed,^[a]¹⁷and I retained no strength.

9 Then I heard the sound of his words, ¹⁸and as I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in deep sleep ¹⁹with my face to the ground.

10 And behold, ²⁰a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees.

11 And he said to me, "O Daniel, ²¹man greatly loved, ²²understand the words that I speak to you, and ²³stand upright, for ²⁴now I have been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling.

12 Then he said to me, ²⁵"Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you ²⁶set your heart to understand and ²⁷humbled yourself before your God, ²⁸your words have been heard, ²⁹and I have come because of your words.

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Daniel 10:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 10

This chapter is an introduction to the prophecies contained in the two following chapters; and begins with an account of Daniel's mourning and fasting, preparatory to the vision he had, Da 10:1-3, and of the appearance of Christ to him, with the time and place of it; who is described by his clothing, and the several parts of his body, which were very glorious, he appearing in a human form, Da 10:4-6, then follows an account of the effects it had upon him, Da 10:7-9, and of what encouragement and strength he received from him, by words and touches, to listen to what he said; and to expect a discovery and an understanding of things of moment and importance, which should be in future times, Da 10:10-21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 29

1. [ver. 13]
2. [Amos 6:6; Matthew 6:17]
3. [See ver. 2 above]
4. [Daniel 12:5]
5. Genesis 2:14
6. [Joshua 5:13]
7. Ezekiel 9:2
8. [Revelation 1:13; Revelation 15:6]
9. Jeremiah 10:9
10. [Ezekiel 1:16; Ezekiel 10:9]
11. Ezekiel 1:14; Matthew 28:3
12. Revelation 1:14
13. Revelation 1:15
14. Revelation 1:15
15. [Acts 9:7]
16. [Daniel 7:28]
17. ver. 16
18. Daniel 8:18
19. Daniel 8:18
20. See Ezekiel 2:9
21. ver. 19; Daniel 9:23
22. See Daniel 1:17
23. Ezekiel 2:1
24. [Hebrews 1:14]
25. ver. 19; [Judges 6:23; Revelation 1:17]
26. [Daniel 9:3]
27. [Daniel 9:3]
28. [Acts 10:4]
29. [Daniel 9:23]

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hebrew My splendor was changed to ruin

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