<p class="poetry">A river of fire was streaming forthp> <p class="poetry">and proceeding from his presence.p> <p class="poetry">Many thousands were ministering to him;p> <p class="poetry">Many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The court convened<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the books were opened.p>

<p class="bodytext">When Daniel realized<n id="1" /> that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows<n id="2" /> in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem.<n id="3" /> Three<n id="4" /> times daily he was<n id="5" /> kneeling<n id="6" /> and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.