And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river; and he held up his right hand and his left hand unto the heavens, and swore by him that liveth for ever that it is for a time, times, and a half; and when the scattering of the power of the holy people shall be accomplished, all these things shall be finished.
Daniel 12:5 And I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood other two, the one on this side, on the bank of the river, and the other on that side, on the bank of the river.
Daniel 12:6 And he said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long [is it 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; and he held up his right hand and his left hand unto the heavens, and swore by him that liveth for ever that it is for a time, times, and a half; and when the scattering of the power of the holy people shall be accomplished, all these things shall be finished.
Daniel 12:8 And I heard, but I understood not. And I said, My lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for these words are closed 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 he 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.