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Daniel 8

Vision of the Ram and Goat

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In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king a vision appeared to me,  1Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me  2previously.

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I  alooked in the vision, and while I was looking I was in the citadel of  bSusa, which is in the province of  cElam; and I looked in the vision and I myself was beside the Ulai  1Canal.

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Then I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a  aram which had two horns was standing in front of the  1canal. Now the two horns were  2long, but one was  2longer than the other, with the  2longer one coming up last.

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I saw the ram  abutting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before him nor was there anyone to rescue from his  1power, but  bhe did as he pleased and magnified himself.

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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 the  1goat had a  aconspicuous horn between his eyes.

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He came up to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing in front of the  1canal, and rushed at him in his mighty wrath.

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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 his  1power.

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Then the male goat magnified himself exceedingly. But as soon as  ahe was mighty, the  blarge horn was broken; and in its place there came up four conspicuous horns toward the  cfour winds of heaven.

The Little Horn

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Out of one of them came forth a rather  asmall horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the  1 bBeautiful Land.

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It grew up to the host of heaven and caused some of the host and some of the  astars to fall to the earth, and it  btrampled them down.

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It even  amagnified itself  1to be equal with the  2Commander of the host; and it removed the  bregular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His sanctuary was thrown down.

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And on account of transgression the host will be given over to the horn along with the regular sacrifice; and it will  afling truth to the ground and perform its will and prosper.

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Then I heard a  aholy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, " bHow long will the vision about the regular sacrifice apply,  1while the transgression causes horror, so as to allow both the holy place and the host  2to be  ctrampled?"

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He said to me, "For  a2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be  1properly restored."

Interpretation of the Vision

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When  aI, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought  1to understand it; and behold, standing before me was one  2who looked like a  bman.

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And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, " aGabriel, give this man an understanding of the vision."

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So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and  afell on my face; but he said to me, "Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the  btime of the end."

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Now while he was talking with me, I  asank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he  btouched me and made me stand  1upright.

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He said, "Behold, I am going to  alet you know what will occur at the final period of the indignation, for it pertains to the appointed time of the end.

The Ram's Identity

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"The  aram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.

The Goat

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"The shaggy  1goat represents the  2kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

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"The  abroken horn and the four horns that arose in its place represent four kingdoms which will arise from his nation, although not with his power.

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"In the latter period of their  1rule, When the transgressors have  2run their course, A king will arise,  3Insolent and skilled in  4intrigue.

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"His power will be mighty, but not by his own power, And he will  1 adestroy to an extraordinary degree And prosper and perform his will; He will  1destroy mighty men and  2the holy people.

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"And through his shrewdness He will cause deceit to succeed by his  1influence; And he will magnify himself in his heart, And he will  2destroy many while they are  3at ease. He will even  4 aoppose the Prince of princes, But he will be broken  bwithout  1human agency.

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"The vision of the evenings and mornings Which has been told is  atrue; But  bkeep the vision secret, For it pertains to many  cdays in the future."

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Then I, Daniel, was  1 aexhausted and sick for days. Then I got up again and  bcarried on the king's business; but I was astounded at the vision, and there was none to  2explain it.



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