1 In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king a vision appeared to me,aDaniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to mebpreviously. 2 I looked in the vision, and while I was looking I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam; and I looked in the vision and I myself was beside the UlaicCanal. 3 Then I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a ram which had two horns was standing in front of thedcanal. Now the two horns wereelong, but one wasflonger than the other, with theglonger one coming up last. 4 I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before him nor was there anyone to rescue from hishpower, but he did as he pleased and magnified himself. | |
5 While I was observing, behold, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of the whole earth without touching the ground; and theigoat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes. 6 He came up to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing in front of thejcanal, and rushed at him in his mighty wrath. 7 I saw him come beside the ram, and he was enraged at him; and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns, and the ram had no strength to withstand him. So he hurled him to the ground and trampled on him, and there was none to rescue the ram from hiskpower. 8 Then the male goat magnified himself exceedingly. But as soon as he was mighty, the large horn was broken; and in its place there came up four conspicuous horns toward the four winds of heaven. | |
9 Out of one of them came forth a rather small horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward thelBeautiful Land. 10 It grew up to the host of heaven and caused some of the host and some of the stars to fall to the earth, and it trampled them down. 11 It even magnified itselfmto be equal with thenCommander of the host; and it removed the regular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His sanctuary was thrown down. 12 And on account of transgression the host will be given over to the horn along with the regular sacrifice; and it will fling truth to the ground and perform its will and prosper. 13 Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, “How long will the vision about the regular sacrifice apply,owhile the transgression causes horror, so as to allow both the holy place and the hostpto be trampled?” 14 He said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will beqproperly restored.” | 13 |
15 When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I soughtrto understand it; and behold, standing before me was oneswho looked like a man. 16 And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, “Gabriel, give this man an understanding of the vision.” 17 So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end.” | |
18 Now while he was talking with me, I sank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me standtupright. 19 He said, “Behold, I am going to let you know what will occur at the final period of the indignation, for it pertains to the appointed time of the end. | |
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21 The shaggyugoat represents thevkingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king. 22 The broken horn and the four horns that arose in its place represent four kingdoms which will arise from his nation, although not with his power. 23 “In the latter period of theirwrule, When the transgressors havexrun their course, A king will arise, yInsolent and skilled inzintrigue. 24 “His power will be mighty, but not by his own power, And he willaadestroy to an extraordinary degree And prosper and perform his will; He willabdestroy mighty men andacthe holy people. 25 “And through his shrewdness He will cause deceit to succeed by hisadinfluence; And he will magnify himself in his heart, And he willaedestroy many while they areafat ease. He will evenagoppose the Prince of princes, But he will be broken withoutahhuman agency. 26 “The vision of the evenings and mornings Which has been told is true; But keep the vision secret, For it pertains to many days in the future.” | |
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