And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above 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 a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Daniel 12:5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side.
Daniel 12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
Daniel 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above 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 a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Daniel 12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?
Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.
The verse centers on "heard", "clothed", "linen", "above", "waters", "river", "held", and "right". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heard" and "clothed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And one said to the man clothed..." into verse 8's "And I heard but I understood not...", so "heard" and "clothed" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heard" and "clothed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.