3And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.
4But as for you, O Daniel, let the words be kept secret and the book rolled up and kept shut till the time of the end: numbers will be going out of the way and troubles will be increased.
5Then I, Daniel, looking, saw two others, one at the edge of the river on this side and one at the edge of the river on that side.
6And I said to the man clothed in linen, who was over the waters of the river, How long will it be to the end of these wonders?
7Then in my hearing the man clothed in linen, who was over the river, lifting up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, took an oath by him who is living for ever that it would be a time, times, and a half; and when the power of the crusher of the holy people comes to an end, all these things will be ended.
8And the words came to my ears, but the sense of them was not clear to me: then I said, O my lord, what is the sense of these things?
9And he said, Go on your way, Daniel: for the words are secret and shut up till the time of the end;