²⁰ But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see^(A) me and live.”

³³ Has any other people heard the voice of God^[a] speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?^(A)

²² When Gideon realized^(A) that it was the angel of the Lord, he exclaimed, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”^(B)

²³ But the Lord said to him, “Peace! Do not be afraid.^(C) You are not going to die.”^(D)

²² “We are doomed^(A) to die!” he said to his wife. “We have seen^(B) God!”

⁵ “Woe^(A) to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!^(B) For I am a man of unclean lips,^(C) and I live among a people of unclean lips,^(D) and my eyes have seen^(E) the King,^(F) the Lord Almighty.”^(G)