¹⁵ His heart is as strong as a stone, hard as the lower crushing-stone.

²³ This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

² And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?

³ And no one in heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to get the book open, or to see what was in it.

⁵ And one of the rulers said to me, Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps.