1 After|strong="H0310" that|strong="H7200" vision|strong="H2377", I|strong="H0589", Daniel|strong="H1840", saw|strong="H7200" another vision|strong="H2377" during the|strong="H0413" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H7200" Belshazzar|strong="H1112" was|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428".
2 In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" vision|strong="H2377" I|strong="H0589" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" city of|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800". Susa|strong="H7800" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" capital city in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" province|strong="H4082" of|strong="H5921" Elam|strong="H5867". I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H1961" standing by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" Ulai|strong="H0195" River.
3 I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H5869" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" ram|strong="H0352" standing|strong="H5975" at|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" side of|strong="H5869" the|strong="H6440" river. The|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" had|strong="H5869" two|strong="H4480" long|strong="H6440" horns|strong="H7161". The|strong="H6440" horns|strong="H7161" were|strong="H5869" both|strong="H4480" long|strong="H6440", but|strong="H7200" one|strong="H0259" horn|strong="H7161" was|strong="H0259" longer|strong="H1364" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0259" horn|strong="H7161". The|strong="H6440" long|strong="H6440" horn|strong="H7161" was|strong="H0259" farther back|strong="H5927" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0259" horn|strong="H7161".
4 I|strong="H7200" watched|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352" run|strong="H5337" into|strong="H3027" things|strong="H3605" with|strong="H3027" its|strong="H3605" horns. I|strong="H7200" watched|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352" run|strong="H5337" to|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220", to|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" north|strong="H6828", and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045". No|strong="H3808" animal|strong="H2416" could|strong="H5337" stop|strong="H5975" the|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352", and|strong="H3027" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0369" could|strong="H5337" save|strong="H5337" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" animals|strong="H2416". That|strong="H3605" ram|strong="H0352" did|strong="H6213" whatever|strong="H3605" it|strong="H7200" wanted, and|strong="H3027" it|strong="H7200" became|strong="H1431" very powerful.
5 I|strong="H0589" thought|strong="H5869" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ram. While|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H0369" watching|strong="H5869", I|strong="H0589" saw|strong="H2009" a|strong="H1961" male|strong="H6842" goat|strong="H5795" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H4628". It|strong="H5921" had|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0369" large horn|strong="H7161" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0369" easy to|strong="H0935" see|strong="H2009". It|strong="H5921" ran|strong="H1961" so|strong="H4480" fast its|strong="H3605" feet barely touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776".
6 The|strong="H6440" goat came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" two horns|strong="H7161". (This|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352" I|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200" standing|strong="H5975" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" Ulai River|strong="H5704".) The|strong="H6440" goat was|strong="H0834" very|strong="H5704" angry|strong="H2534" and|strong="H0935" ran|strong="H7323" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" ram|strong="H0352".
7 As|strong="H1961" I|strong="H7200" watched|strong="H7200", the|strong="H0853" goat ran|strong="H1961" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ram|strong="H0352" and|strong="H0776" broke|strong="H7665" both|strong="H8147" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" ram’s horns|strong="H7161". The|strong="H0853" ram|strong="H0352" could|strong="H5337" not|strong="H3808" stop|strong="H5975" the|strong="H0853" goat. The|strong="H0853" goat knocked it|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" walked all|strong="H5337" over|strong="H0413" it|strong="H7200". There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" save|strong="H5337" the|strong="H0853" ram|strong="H0352" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" goat.
8 So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5704" goat|strong="H5795" became|strong="H1431" very|strong="H3966" powerful. But|strong="H6105" after|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" became|strong="H1431" strong|strong="H1419", his|strong="H8478" big|strong="H1431" horn|strong="H7161" broke|strong="H7665" off|strong="H7665". Then|strong="H5927" four|strong="H0702" horns|strong="H7161" grew|strong="H1431" in|strong="H7665" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H5704" one|strong="H1419" big|strong="H1431" horn|strong="H7161". Those four|strong="H0702" horns|strong="H7161" were|strong="H8064" easy to|strong="H5704" see. They|strong="H5704" pointed in|strong="H7665" four|strong="H0702" different directions.
9 Then|strong="H3318" a|strong="H4480" little horn|strong="H7161" grew|strong="H1431" from|strong="H4480" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4480" those|strong="H1992" four horns|strong="H7161". It|strong="H1431" grew|strong="H1431" and|strong="H3318" became|strong="H1431" very big|strong="H1431". It|strong="H1431" grew|strong="H1431" toward|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" southeast, toward|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" Beautiful|strong="H6643" Land.
10 The|strong="H4480" little horn became|strong="H1431" very|strong="H5704" big|strong="H1431". It|strong="H5704" grew|strong="H1431" until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5704" reached|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" sky|strong="H8064". It|strong="H5704" even|strong="H5704" threw|strong="H5307" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0776" heaven’s army|strong="H6635" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" trampled|strong="H7429" them|strong="H5307".
11 That|strong="H4480" little horn became|strong="H1431" very|strong="H5704" strong, and|strong="H8269" it|strong="H5704" turned against|strong="H4480" God, the|strong="H4480" Ruler|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" heaven’s army|strong="H6635". It|strong="H5704" stopped the|strong="H4480" daily|strong="H8548" sacrifices that|strong="H4480" were|strong="H8269" offered|strong="H7311" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H4480" Ruler|strong="H8269". And|strong="H8269" the|strong="H4480" holy|strong="H4720" place|strong="H4349" where people worshiped the|strong="H4480" Ruler|strong="H8269" was|strong="H6635" pulled down|strong="H7993".
12 Because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0776" this|strong="H6213" sin, the|strong="H5921" daily|strong="H8548" sacrifices were|strong="H0776" stopped. Truth|strong="H0571" was|strong="H0776" thrown|strong="H7993" down|strong="H7993" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776". The|strong="H5921" little horn did|strong="H6213" these things and|strong="H0776" was|strong="H0776" very successful|strong="H6743".
13 Then|strong="H1696" I|strong="H5414" heard|strong="H8085" two holy|strong="H6944" ones|strong="H6918" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H1696" each|strong="H0259" other|strong="H0259". One|strong="H0259" of|strong="H6918" them|strong="H5414" asked|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" other|strong="H0259" one|strong="H0259", who|strong="H6635" had|strong="H5414" been speaking|strong="H1696", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H6635" the|strong="H0559" things|strong="H6944" in|strong="H8085" this|strong="H6944" vision|strong="H2377" last—the|strong="H0559" stopping of|strong="H6918" the|strong="H0559" daily|strong="H8548" sacrifices|strong="H6944", the|strong="H0559" sin that|strong="H8085" destroys, and|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0559" trampling|strong="H4823" down|strong="H4823" of|strong="H6918" the|strong="H0559" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H5414" and|strong="H8085" heaven’s army|strong="H6635"?”
14 The|strong="H0559" other holy|strong="H6944" one|strong="H0413" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H6944" will|strong="H5704" last for|strong="H0413" 2300 days. Then|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944" will|strong="H5704" be repaired.”
15 I|strong="H0589", Daniel|strong="H1840", saw|strong="H7200" this|strong="H5975" vision|strong="H2377" and|strong="H7200" tried|strong="H1245" to|strong="H1961" understand|strong="H0998" what|strong="H4758" it|strong="H7200" meant. While|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H1961" thinking about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" vision|strong="H2377", someone who|strong="H1397" looked|strong="H7200" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H1397" suddenly|strong="H2009" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5975" front|strong="H5048" of|strong="H4758" me|strong="H7200".
16 Then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H0559" heard|strong="H8085" a|strong="H8085" man’s|strong="H0120" voice|strong="H6963". This|strong="H1975" voice|strong="H6963" came|strong="H0559" from|strong="H8085" above the|strong="H0853" Ulai|strong="H0195" River. The|strong="H0853" voice|strong="H6963" called|strong="H7121" out|strong="H0853", “Gabriel|strong="H1403", explain|strong="H0995" the|strong="H0853" vision|strong="H4758" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H1975" man|strong="H0120".”
17 So|strong="H0935" Gabriel, the|strong="H0559" angel who|strong="H1121" looked|strong="H0995" like|strong="H5307" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0120", came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1121" very afraid and|strong="H1121" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" ground. But|strong="H3588" Gabriel said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", “Human|strong="H0120", understand|strong="H0995" that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" vision|strong="H2377" is|strong="H1121" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" time|strong="H6256" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" end|strong="H7093".”
18 While|strong="H5973" Gabriel was|strong="H0776" speaking|strong="H1696", I|strong="H0776" fell|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" went|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" sleep. It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0776" a|strong="H1696" very deep sleep. Then|strong="H1696" Gabriel touched|strong="H5060" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H0776" lifted me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" my|strong="H5921" feet.
19 He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H1961", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" explain|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" vision to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" future|strong="H0319". Your|strong="H0834" vision was|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H7093" times|strong="H4150".
20 “You|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" ram|strong="H0352" with|strong="H4428" two horns|strong="H7161". The|strong="H0834" horns|strong="H7161" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" countries of|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074" and|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539".
21 The|strong="H0834" goat|strong="H8163" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Greece|strong="H3120". The|strong="H0834" big horn|strong="H7161" between|strong="H0996" its|strong="H0996" eyes|strong="H5869" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" first|strong="H7223" king|strong="H4428".
22 That|strong="H3808" horn broke|strong="H7665" off|strong="H7665" and|strong="H1471" four|strong="H0702" horns grew in|strong="H7665" its|strong="H5975" place|strong="H8478". The|strong="H8478" four|strong="H0702" horns are|strong="H1471" four|strong="H0702" kingdoms|strong="H4438". Those four|strong="H0702" kingdoms|strong="H4438" will|strong="H1471" come from|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" nation|strong="H1471" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" first king, but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1471" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" as|strong="H8478" strong|strong="H3581" as|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" first king.
23 “When|strong="H5975" the|strong="H6440" end|strong="H0319" is|strong="H4428" near|strong="H6440" for|strong="H4428" those kingdoms|strong="H4438", there|strong="H5975" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H0319" a|strong="H5975" very bold and|strong="H4428" cruel king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H0319" very tricky. This|strong="H5975" will|strong="H4428" happen when|strong="H5975" many people have|strong="H0995" turned against|strong="H6440" God.
24 This|strong="H6213" king will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" very powerful|strong="H6099", but|strong="H3808" his|strong="H3808" power|strong="H3581" does|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" come from|strong="H3808" himself|strong="H3808". This|strong="H6213" king will|strong="H3808" cause terrible destruction|strong="H7843". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" successful|strong="H6743" in|strong="H3808" everything he|strong="H6213" does|strong="H6213". He|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3808" destroy|strong="H7843" powerful|strong="H6099" people|strong="H5971"—even|strong="H3808" God’s holy|strong="H6918" people|strong="H5971".
25 “This|strong="H5975" king|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" very|strong="H7227" smart and|strong="H3027" tricky. He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" use his|strong="H5921" wisdom|strong="H7922" and|strong="H3027" lies|strong="H4820" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" successful|strong="H6743". He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" think|strong="H3824" that|strong="H3027" he|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3027" very|strong="H7227" important. He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" destroy|strong="H7843" many|strong="H7227" people, when|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" least expect it|strong="H5921". He|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" try to|strong="H5921" fight even|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Prince|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3027" Princes|strong="H8269". But|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3027" cruel king’s power|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" destroyed|strong="H7843", and|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" not|strong="H0657" be|strong="H3027" a|strong="H5921" human|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3027" destroys|strong="H7843" him|strong="H5921".
26 “What|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" vision|strong="H2377" about|strong="H3117" those|strong="H0834" times|strong="H3117" are|strong="H0834" true|strong="H0571". But|strong="H3588" seal up|strong="H5640" the|strong="H0559" vision|strong="H2377", because|strong="H3588" those|strong="H0834" things|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3588" happen for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3117", long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117".”
27 I|strong="H0589", Daniel|strong="H1840", became|strong="H1961" very weak. I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H0369" sick|strong="H2470" for|strong="H5921" several days|strong="H3117" after|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" vision|strong="H4758". Then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" back to|strong="H1961" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" was|strong="H0369" very upset about|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" vision|strong="H4758". I|strong="H0589" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H0369" understand|strong="H0995" what|strong="H4758" it|strong="H5921" meant.