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the whole earth, without touching the ground; The large horn that is between its eyes is the
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and the goat had a notable horn between his first king. As for the broken horn and the
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eyes. Then he came to the ram that had two four that stood up in its place, four kingdoms
horns, which I had seen standing beside the shall arise out of that nation, but not with its
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river, and ran at him with furious power. And I power.
saw him confronting the ram; he was moved 23 “And in the latter time of their kingdom,
with rage against him, attacked the ram, and When the transgressors have reached
broke his two horns. There was no power in their fullness,
the ram to withstand him, but he cast him A king shall arise,
down to the ground and trampled him; and Having fierce features,
there was no one that could deliver the ram Who understands sinister schemes.
from his hand. 24
8 Therefore the male goat grew very great; His power shall be mighty, but not by
his own power;
but when he became strong, the large horn He shall destroy fearfully,
was broken, and in place of it four notable And shall prosper and thrive;
ones came up toward the four winds of heav- He shall destroy the mighty, and also
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en. And out of one of them came a little horn the holy people.
which grew exceedingly great toward the
south, toward the east, and toward the Glori- 25 “Through his cunning
ous Land. And it grew up to the host of heav- He shall cause deceit to prosper
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en; and it cast down some of the host and some under his rule;
of the stars to the ground, and trampled them. And he shall exalt himself in his heart.
11 He even exalted himself as high as the Prince He shall destroy many in their
of the host; and by him the daily sacrifices prosperity.
were taken away, and the place of His sanctu- He shall even rise against the Prince
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ary was cast down. Because of transgression, of princes;
an army was given over to the horn to oppose But he shall be broken without human
the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to means.
the ground. He did all this and prospered. 26
13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and an- “And the vision of the evenings
and mornings
other holy one said to that certain one who was Which was told is true;
speaking, “How long will the vision be, concern- Therefore seal up the vision,
ing the daily sacrifices and the transgression of For it refers to many days
desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and in the future.”
the host to be trampled underfoot?”
14 And he said to me, “For two thousand 27 And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for days;
three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall afterward I arose and went about the king’s
be cleansed.” business. I was astonished by the vision, but no
15 Then it happened, when I, Daniel, had one understood it.
seen the vision and was seeking the meaning, Psalm 137:1–6
that suddenly there stood before me one hav-
man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, who B y the rivers of Babylon,
ing the appearance of a man. And I heard a
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There we sat down, yea, we wept
called, and said, “Gabriel, make this man When we remembered Zion.
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understand the vision.” So he came near 2 We hung our harps
where I stood, and when he came I was afraid Upon the willows in the midst of it.
and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Under-
stand, son of man, that the vision refers to the
time of the end.”
18 Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in 137:1 the rivers of Babylon. The Tigris and
a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but Euphrates Rivers. we wept. They even wept
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he touched me, and stood me upright. And when the exile was over and the second tem-
he said, “Look, I am making known to you what ple was being built (Ezra 3:12), so deep was
shall happen in the latter time of the indigna- their sorrow. Zion. The dwelling place of God
tion; for at the appointed time the end shall be. on earth (Pss. 9:11; 76:2) which was destroyed
20 The ram which you saw, having the two by the Babylonians (2 Chr. 36:19; Pss. 74:6–8;
horns—they are the kings of Media and Persia. 79:1; Is. 64:10,11; Jer. 52:12–16; Lam. 2:4).
21 And the male goat is the kingdom of Greece.

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