Daniel 8:1–12

In the third year of the reign of king ^aBelshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me ^bat the first. ²And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at ^cShushan in ^cdthe palace, which is in the province of ^eElam; and ^fI saw in a vision, and I was by ^gthe river of ^hUlai. ³Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood before ^gthe river ⁱa ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. ⁴I saw the ram ^kpushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no ^lbeasts ^mmight stand before him, ^mneither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he ⁿdid according to his will, and became great. ⁵And as I was considering, behold, ^oa he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and ^ptouched not the ground: and the goat had ^qa notable horn between his eyes. ⁶And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before ^gthe river, and ^rran unto him in the fury of his power. ⁷And I saw him come close unto the ram, and ^she was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and ^mthere was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down ^tto the ground, and ^tstamped upon him: and ^mthere was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. ⁸Therefore ^othe he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn ^uwas broken; and for it came up ^vfour notable ones toward ^wthe four winds of heaven. ⁹And out of one of them came forth ^xa little horn, which waxed exceeding great, ^ytoward the south, and ^ztoward the east, and toward ^athe pleasant land. ¹⁰And ^bit waxed great, even ^cto the host of heaven; and ^dit cast down some of the host and of the stars ^eto the ground, and ^estamped upon them. ¹¹Yea, ^fhe magnified himself even to ^gthe prince of the host, and by him ^hithe daily sacrifice ^hwas taken away, and ^jthe place of his sanctuary ^kwas cast down. ¹²And ^la host was given him against ⁱthe daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and ^kmit cast down ⁿthe truth to the ground; and it ^opractised, and ^oprospered.