17 So he came near where I stood. And when he came, I was frightened and ⁿfell on my face. But he said to me, “Understand, O son of man, that the vision is for the ^otime of the end.”

17 When I saw him, I ^ffell at his feet as though dead. ^gBut he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, ^hI am the first and the last,