16. Then the angel, who looked like a human being, stretched out his hand and touched my lips. I said to him, “Sir, this vision makes me so weak that I can't stop trembling.
17. I am like a slave standing before his master. How can I talk to you? I have no strength or breath left in me.”
18. Once more he took hold of me, and I felt stronger.
19. He said, “God loves you, so don't let anything worry you or frighten you.”When he had said this, I felt even stronger and said, “Sir, tell me what you have to say. You have made me feel better.”
20-21. He said, “Do you know why I came to you? It is to reveal to you what is written in the Book of Truth. Now I have to go back and fight the guardian angel of Persia. After that, the guardian angel of Greece will appear. There is no one to help me except Michael, Israel's guardian angel.