Daniel’s Vision of the Ram and the Goat
1 In the third year of the reign of See ch. 5:1King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, [ch. 7:1]after that which appeared to me [ch. 7:1]at the first. 2 And I saw in the vision; and when I saw, I was in See Neh. 1:1Susa the citadel, which is in the province of See Isa. 11:11Elam. And See Ezek. 1:1I saw in the vision, See Ezek. 1:1and I was at the ver. 16Ulai canal. 3 I raised my eyes and saw, and behold, [ver. 20]a ram standing on the bank of the canal. It had two horns, and both horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last. 4 I saw [Deut. 33:17;Ezek. 34:21] the ram charging westward and northward and southward. No [ch. 7:17] beast [ver. 7] could stand before him, [ch. 3:15] and there was no one who could rescue from his power. [ch. 11:3,16,36] He did as he pleased and ver. 8became great.
5 As I was considering, behold, a [ver. 21]male goat came from the west across the face of the whole earth, without touching the ground. And the goat had [ver. 21]a conspicuous horn between his eyes. 6 He came to [ver. 20] the ram with the two horns, which I had seen standing on the bank of the canal, [Job 15:26]and he ran at him in his powerful wrath. 7 I saw him come close to the ram, ch. 11:11and he was enraged against him and struck the ram and broke his two horns. [ver. 4] And the ram had no power to stand before him, but he [Ps. 7:5]cast him down to the ground and trampled on him. And there was no one who could rescue the ram from his power. 8 Then [See ver. 5above] the goat ver. 4became exceedingly great, but when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and instead of it there came up four [ver. 5]; See ch. 7:2,3conspicuous horns toward [ver. 5]; See ch. 7:2,3the four winds of heaven.
9 Out of one of them came ch. 7:8a little horn, which grew exceedingly great toward [ch. 11:25] the south, toward the east, and toward ch. 11:16,41;[Ps. 48:2;Ezek. 20:6,15]the glorious land. 10 [ch. 11:28] It grew great, Isa. 14:13even to the host of heaven. And some of the host Isa. 14:13and some8:10 Or host, that is, some of [Rev. 12:4] the stars it threw down to the ground and ver. 7trampled on them. 11 ver. 25;See ch. 11:36It became great, even as great as Josh. 5:14the Prince of the host. ch. 11:31;12:11And the regular burnt offering was taken away from him, and the place of his sanctuary was overthrown. 12 And a host will be given over to it together with the regular burnt offering because of transgression,8:12 Or in an act of rebellion and it will throw truth to the ground, and ver. 24;ch. 11:28,30it will act and prosper. 13 Then I heard See ch. 4:13a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one who spoke, ch. 12:6;[Rev. 6:10]; See ch. 9:21-27"For how long is the vision concerning the regular burnt offering, See ch. 11:31the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and host to be trampled underfoot?" 14 And he said to me,8:14 Hebrew; Septuagint, Theodotion, Vulgate to him "For 2,300 [ver. 26]evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state."
The Interpretation of the Vision
15 When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I [1 Pet. 1:10,11] sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having ch. 7:13;10:16,18;Ezek. 1:26;Rev. 1:13the appearance of a man. 16 See ch. 12:5-7And I heard a man’s voice See ch. 12:5-7between the banks of the ver. 2Ulai, and it called, ch. 9:21;Luke 1:19,26"Gabriel, make this man understand the vision." 17 So he came near where I stood. And when he came, [Luke 1:12] I was frightened Ezek. 1:28and fell on my face. But he said to me, "Understand, See Ezek. 2:1O son of man, that the vision is for [ver. 19; ch. 11:27,35,40;12:4,9]the time of the end."
18 And when he had spoken to me, ch. 10:9;[Luke 9:32] I fell into a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But ch. 9:21;10:10,18he touched me and made me stand up. 19 He said, "Behold, I will make known to you what shall be at the latter end of ch. 11:36the indignation, for it refers to [Ps. 102:13]; See ver. 17the appointed time of the end. 20 As for [ver. 3] the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of [ch. 6:8]Media and Persia. 21 And [ver. 5] the goat8:21 Or the shaggy goat is the king of Greece. And [ver. 5] the great horn between his eyes is ch. 10:20;11:3the first king. 22 ver. 8As for the horn that was broken, in place of which four others arose, four kingdoms shall arise from his8:22 Theodotion, Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew a nation, ver. 24but not with his power. 23 And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their limit, a king of bold face, one who understands riddles, shall arise. 24 His power shall be great—Rev. 17:17but not by his own power; and he shall cause fearful destruction ver. 12;ch. 11:28,30and shall succeed in what he does, [ch. 7:21]and destroy mighty men and the people who are the saints. 25 [ch. 11:23] By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind ver. 11he shall become great. [ch. 11:21,24] Without warning he shall destroy many. And he ver. 11shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken—but See ch. 2:34by no human hand. 26 The vision of [ver. 14] the evenings and the mornings that has been told [ch. 10:1] is true, but [ch. 12:4,9] seal up the vision, ch. 10:14for it refers to many days from now."
27 And [ch. 7:28] I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days. Then I rose and went about the king’s business, but I was appalled by the vision [ver. 16]and did not understand it.
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