2. During those days I, Daniel, mourned for three whole weeks.
3. I didn’t eat any good-tasting food. No meat or wine entered my mouth. I didn’t wash myself until the entire three weeks were over.
4. On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was by the great Tigris River.
5. When I looked up, I saw a man dressed in linen, and he had a belt made of gold from Uphaz around his waist.
6. His body was like beryl. His face looked like lightning. His eyes were like flaming torches. His arms and legs looked like polished bronze. When he spoke, his voice sounded like the roar of a crowd.