¹⁵ While he was saying this to me, I bowed with my face toward the ground and was speechless.^{(A) 16} Then one who looked like a man^[a] touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak.^(B) I said to the one standing before me, “I am overcome with anguish^(C) because of the vision, my lord, and I feel very weak. ¹⁷ How can I, your servant, talk with you, my lord? My strength is gone and I can hardly breathe.”^(D)