“And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.”
The man clothed in linen, who was upstream, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and swore by the one who lives forever, saying, "It will be for a time, two times, and half a time; and when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end, all these things would be accomplished"—providing a cryptic temporal measure (3.5 years/years/times, or possibly referring to different units) and linking the timeline to "the shattering of the power of the holy people," indicating that deliverance comes when persecution has reached its end and God's purposes for refinement are complete. The oath by the eternal God emphasizes the certainty of the proclamation. The temporal measure parallels the 2,300 evenings and mornings in chapter 8.
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