⁷ The man dressed in linen, who stood ·over the water [or upstream], raised his ·hands [^Lright hand and his left; ^Ca solemn vow] toward heaven. And I heard him swear by the ·name of God who lives forever [^Llife of the Eternal One], “It will be for ·three and one-half years [^La time; two times, and half]. The ·power [^Lhand] of the holy people will finally be ·broken [shattered], and then all these things will ·come true [be completed].”