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1 In
the third year
of the reign
of King Belshazzar,
a vision appeared
to me, even
to me, Daniel,
after that which
appeared to me
at the first.
2 I
saw the vision.
Now it was
so, that when
I saw, I
was in the
citadel of Susa,
which is in
the province of
Elam. I saw
in the vision,
and I was
by the river Ulai.
3 Then
I lifted up
my eyes and
saw, and behold,
a ram which had
two horns stood
before the river.
The two horns
were high, but
one was higher
than the other,
and the higher
came up last.
4 I
saw the ram
pushing westward,
northward, and
southward. No
animals could
stand before him.
There wasn’t any
who could deliver
out of his
hand, but he
did according to
his will, and
magnified himself.
5 As
I was considering,
behold, a male
goat came from
the west over
the surface of
the whole earth,
and didn’t touch
the ground. The
goat had a
notable horn
between his eyes.
6 He came
to the ram that
had the two horns,
which I saw
standing before
the river, and
ran on him
in the fury
of his power.
7 I
saw him come
close to the ram,
and he was moved
with anger against
him, and struck
the ram, and broke
his two horns.
There was no
power in the ram
to stand before
him; but he
cast him down
to the ground
and trampled on
him. There was
no one who
could deliver
the ram out of
his hand.
8 The
male goat
magnified himself
exceedingly. When
he was strong,
the great horn
was broken; and
instead of it
there came up four
notable horns
toward the four
winds of the
sky.
9 Out
of one of
them came out
a little horn
which grew
exceedingly great—toward
the south, and
toward the east,
and toward the
glorious land.
10 It
grew great, even
to the army
of the sky;
and it cast
down some of
the army and
of the stars
to the ground and
trampled on them.
11 Yes, it
magnified itself,
even to the
prince of the
army; and it
took away from
him the continual
burnt offering,
and the place
of his sanctuary
was cast down.
12 The
army was given
over to it
together with the
continual burnt
offering through disobedience.
It cast down truth
to the ground, and
it did its pleasure
and prospered.
13 Then
I heard a
holy one speaking;
and another holy
one said to
that certain one
who spoke, “How
long will the
vision about the
continual burnt offering,
and the disobedience
that makes
desolate, to
give both the
sanctuary and the
army to be
trodden under foot
be?”
14 He said
to me, “To
two thousand and
three hundred
evenings and
mornings. Then the
sanctuary will be
cleansed.”
15 When
I, even I
Daniel, had seen
the vision, I
sought to
understand it.
Then behold, there
stood before
me someone with
the appearance of
a man.
16 I
heard a man’s
voice between
the banks of
the Ulai, which
called and said,
“Gabriel, make
this man understand
the vision.”
17 So
he came near
where I stood;
and when he
came, I was
frightened, and
fell on my
face; but he said
to me, “Understand,
son of man,
for the
vision belongs to
the time of
the end.”
18 Now
as he was
speaking with me,
I fell into
a deep sleep
with my face
toward the ground;
but he touched
me and set
me upright.
19 He said, “Behold, I will make
you know what
will be in
the latter time of
the indignation,
for it belongs
to the appointed
time of the
end.
20 The ram
which you saw,
that had the two
horns, they are
the kings of
Media and Persia.
21 The
rough male goat
is the king
of Greece. The
great horn that
is between his
eyes is the
first king.
22 As
for that which
was broken, in
the place
where four stood
up, four kingdoms
will stand up
out of the
nation, but not
with his power.
23 “In
the latter time of
their kingdom,
when the
transgressors have
come to the
full, a king
of fierce face,
and understanding
riddles, will
stand up.
24 His
power will be
mighty, but not
by his own
power. He will
destroy awesomely, and
will prosper in
what he does.
He will destroy
the mighty ones
and the holy
people.
25 Through
his policy he
will cause deceit
to prosper in
his hand. He
will magnify
himself in his
heart, and he
will destroy many
in their security.
He will also
stand up against
the prince of
princes, but he
will be broken
without human
hands.
26 “The
vision of the
evenings and
mornings which
has been told is true;
but seal up the
vision, for
it belongs to many
days to come.”
27 I,
Daniel, fainted,
and was sick
for some days.
Then I rose
up and did
the king’s
business. I
wondered at the
vision, but no
one understood it.