Then the angel, who looked like a human being, reached out and touched my lips. I said to him, "Sir, this vision makes me so weak that I can't stop trembling.

Once more he took hold of me, and I felt stronger.

While he was talking, I fell to the ground unconscious. But he took hold of me, raised me to my feet,

While I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came flying down to where I was. It was the time for the evening sacrifice to be offered.

Then the LORD reached out, touched my lips, and said to me, "Listen, I am giving you the words you must speak.

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. He placed his right hand on me and said, "Don't be afraid! I am the first and the last.