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Daniel 8

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In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me , Daniel , subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier .
` In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king , a vision hath appeared unto me -- I Daniel -- after that which had appeared unto me at the beginning .
And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal .
And I see in a vision , and it cometh to pass, in my seeing, and I `am' in Shushan the palace that `is' in Elam the province , and I see in a vision , and I have been by the stream Ulai.
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long , but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later .
And I lift up mine eyes , and look, and lo, a certain ram is standing before the stream, and it hath two horns, and the two horns `are' high; and the one `is' higher than the other, and the high one is coming up last .
I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him , and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great .
I have seen the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward, and no living creatures do stand before it , and there is none delivering out of its hand, and it hath done according to its pleasure, and hath exerted itself .
As I was contemplating all this , suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground .
`And I have been considering , and lo, a young he- goat hath come from the west, over the face of the whole earth , whom none is touching in the earth; as to the young he-goat, a conspicuous horn `is' between its eyes .
He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.
And it cometh unto the ram possessing the two horns, that I had seen standing before the stream, and runneth unto it in the fury of its power.
I saw him approach the ram in a rage against him , and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns . The ram was powerless to stand against him , and the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him , and no one could deliver the ram from his power.
And I have seen it coming near the ram, and it becometh embittered at it, and smiteth the ram , and breaketh its two horns , and there hath been no power in the ram to stand before it , and it casteth it to the earth, and trampleth it down , and there hath been no deliverer to the ram out of its power.
Thus the goat became very great , but at the height of his power , his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven .
`And the young he- goat hath exerted itself very much , and when it is strong , broken hath been the great horn; and come up doth a vision of four in its place, at the four winds of the heavens .
From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land .
And from the one of them come forth hath a little horn , and it exerteth itself greatly toward the south , and toward the east , and toward the beauteous ` land ';
It grew as high as the host of heaven , and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth , and trampled them.
yea, it exerteth unto the host of the heavens , and causeth to fall to the earth of the host , and of the stars, and trampleth them down .
It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host ; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.
And unto the prince of the host it exerteth itself, and by it taken away hath been the continual ` sacrifice ', and thrown down the base of his sanctuary.
And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn , and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did .
And the host is given up, with the continual `sacrifice' , through transgression, and it throweth down truth to the earth, and it hath worked, and prospered .
Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice , the rebellion that causes desolation , and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled ? ”
`And I hear a certain holy one speaking, and a certain holy one saith to the wonderful numberer who is speaking: Till when `is' the vision of the continual ` sacrifice ' , and of the transgression, an astonishment, to make both sanctuary and host a treading down ?
He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored . ”
And he saith unto me, Till evening -- morning two thousand and three hundred, then is the holy place declared right .
While I, Daniel , was watching the vision and trying to understand it , there stood before me one having the appearance of a man .
`And it cometh to pass in my seeing -- I, Daniel -- the vision , that I require understanding, and lo , standing over-against me `is' as the appearance of a mighty one .
And I heard the voice of a man calling from between the banks of the Ulai: “ Gabriel, explain the vision to this man . ”
And I hear a voice of man between ` the banks of ' Ulai , and he calleth and saith : Gabriel, cause this `one' to understand the appearance .
As he came near to where I stood , I was terrified and fell facedown. “ Son of man, ” he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end. ”
And he cometh in near my station, and at his coming in I have been afraid , and I fall on my face, and he saith unto me: Understand, son of man, for at the time of the end `is' the vision .
While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet ,
And in his speaking with me, I have been in a trance on my face , on the earth; and he cometh against me, and causeth me to stand on my station ,
and said, “Behold , I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath , because it concerns the appointed time of the end.
and saith: Lo , I -- I am causing thee to know that which is in the latter end of the indignation; for , at the appointed time `is' the end.
The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
` The ram that thou hast seen possessing two horns, `are' the kings of Media and Persia.
The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king .
And the young he- goat , the hairy one, `is' the king of Javan; and the great horn that `is' between its eyes is the first king ;
The four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation, but will not have the same power.
and that being broken , stand up do four in its place, four kingdoms from the nation do stand up , and not in its power.
In the latter part of their reign , when the rebellion has reached its full measure , an insolent king, skilled in intrigue , will come to the throne.
`And in the latter end of their kingdom , about the perfecting of the transgressors , stand up doth a king, fierce of face , and understanding hidden things;
His power will be great , but it will not be his own . He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.
and his power hath been mighty , and not by his own power; and wonderful things he destroyeth, and he hath prospered, and wrought, and destroyed mighty ones, and the people of the Holy Ones .
Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many , and he will even stand against the Prince of princes . Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands .
` And by his understanding he hath also caused deceit to prosper in his hand , and in his heart he exerteth himself, and by ease he destroyeth many; and against the prince of princes he standeth -- and without hand he is broken.
The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true . Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future . ”
And the appearance of the evening and of the morning, that is told, is true ; and thou, hide thou the vision, for ` it is' after many days . '
I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days . Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
And I, Daniel, have been, yea, I became sick ` for ' days , and I rise, and do the king's work, and am astonished at the appearance, and there is none understanding.

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