When you first started praying, the command was given. And I came to tell you. God loves you very much! You will understand this command, and you will understand the vision.
Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah. He said, “The Lord God of Israel says this, ‘You have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria. I have heard you.’
\{I would punish that country\} even if Noah, Danel, and Job {\cf2\super [114]} lived there. Those men could save their own lives by their goodness, \{but they could not save the whole country\}.” The Lord my Master said these things.
“Son of man, {\cf2\super [205]} you love your wife very much, but I am going to take her away from you. Your wife will die suddenly. But you must not show your sadness. You must not cry loudly. You will cry and your tears will fall,
Nebuchadnezzar’s men will take away your riches. They will take the things you wanted to sell. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. They will throw your stones and wood \{houses\} into the sea like garbage.
Cyrus was the king of Persia. During Cyrus’ third year as king, Daniel learned about these things. (Daniel’s other name is Belteshazzar.) These things are true, but very hard to understand. But Daniel understood these things. They were explained to him in a vision. {\cf2\super [118]}
Daniel showed himself to be better than the other supervisors. Daniel did this by his good character and great abilities. The king was so impressed with Daniel that he planned to make Daniel ruler over the whole kingdom.
“Daniel the prophet {\cf2\super [368]} spoke about ‘the terrible thing that causes destruction.’ {\cf2\super [369]} You will see this terrible thing standing in the holy place (the temple).” (You that read this should understand what it means.)