Daniel 8:9–25

⁹And from one of them^x came forth a horn, a little one,^y and it grew exceedingly^z toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beautiful land. ¹⁰And it grew up to the host of heaven, and it threw down to the ground some of the host and some of the stars and trampled them. ¹¹Even against the prince of the hosts it acted arrogantly and took away from him the regular burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was overthrown. ¹²And on account of transgression, the host was given over to the horn in addition to the regular burnt offering. And it cast down truth to the ground, and it acted,^a and it had success.

¹³And I heard a certain holy one speaking, and a certain other holy one said to the specific one who was speaking,^b “For how long^c is the vision concerning the regular burnt offering, and the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and the host to trampling?” ¹⁴And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings, then the sanctuary will be restored.”

Gabriel Gives Angelic Help and Interprets the Vision

¹⁵And then^d when I, Daniel, saw the vision, and I was seeking understanding, there was one standing before me with the appearance of a man. ¹⁶And I heard the voice of a human at the Ulai, and he called and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.” ¹⁷And he came beside where I was standing,^e and when he came^f I became terrified and I fell prostrate on my face. And he said to me, “Understand, son of man,^g that the vision is for the time of the end.”

¹⁸And when he spoke^h with me I fell into a trance with my face to the ground, and he touched me and made me stand on my feet. ¹⁹And he said, “Look, I am making known to you what will happen in the period of wrath,ⁱ for it refers to the appointed time of the end.

²⁰“The ram that you saw who had two horns^j represents the kings of Media and Persia.

²¹“And the hairy he-goat is the kingdom^k of Greece, and the great horn that is between his eyes—he is the first king. ²²And the horn that was broken, and then there arose four horns in place of it—these are four kingdoms that will arise from his nation, but not with his power. ²³And at the end of their kingdom, when the transgressions are completed, a king will arise, fierce in countenance and skilled in riddles. ²⁴And his power will grow, but not by his own power, and he will cause fearful destruction, and he will succeed and he will act,^l and he will destroy the mighty and the people of the holy ones.^{m 25}And by his planningⁿ he will make a success of deceit by^o his hand, and in his mind^p he will boast,^q and in their ease he will destroy many, and even against the prince of princes he will rise up, and he will be broken, but not by human hands.