⁹Out of one of them came another^q horn, a little one, which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the beautiful land.^* ¹⁰It grew as high as the host of heaven. It threw down to earth some of the host and some of the stars and trampled on them.^* ¹¹Even against the prince of the host it acted arrogantly; it took the regular burnt offering away from him and overthrew the place of his sanctuary.^* ¹²Because of wickedness, the host was given over to it together with the regular burnt offering;^r it cast truth to the ground and kept prospering in what it did. ¹³Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one who spoke, “For how long is this vision concerning the regular burnt offering, the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and host to be trampled?”^s^* ¹⁴And he answered him,^t “For two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state.”

Gabriel Interprets the Vision

¹⁵When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. Then someone appeared standing before me, having the appearance of a man,^* ¹⁶and I heard a human voice by the Ulai, calling, “Gabriel, help this man understand the vision.”^* ¹⁷So he came near where I stood, and when he came, I became frightened and fell prostrate. But he said to me, “Understand, O mortal,^u that the vision is for the time of the end.”^*

¹⁸As he was speaking to me, I fell into a trance, face to the ground; then he touched me and set me on my feet.^* ¹⁹He said, “Listen, and I will tell you what will take place later in the period of wrath, for it refers to the appointed time of the end.^* ²⁰As for the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of Media and Persia. ²¹The male goat^v is the king of Greece, and the great horn between its eyes is the first king.^* ²²As for the horn that was broken, in place of which four others arose, four kingdoms shall arise from his^w nation but not with his power.^*

²³At the end of their rule,

when the transgressions have reached their full measure,

a king of bold countenance shall arise,

skilled in intrigue.

²⁴He shall grow strong in power,^x

shall cause fearful destruction,

and shall succeed in what he does.

He shall destroy the powerful

and the people of the holy ones.^*

²⁵By his cunning

he shall make deceit prosper under his hand,

and in his own mind he shall be great.

Without warning he shall destroy many

and shall even rise up against the Prince of princes.

But he shall be broken, and not by human hands.^*

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Footnotes

qCn: Heb one
rMeaning of Heb uncertain
sMeaning of Heb uncertain
tGk Theodotion Syr Vg: Heb me
uHeb son of man
vOr shaggy male goat
wGk Theodotion Vg: Heb the
xGk Theodotion: Heb power, but not with his power

Cross references

*v 23; Dan 11:16, 41
*Rev 12:4
*Josh 5:14; Ezek 46:13, 14; Dan 11:31, 36, 37; 12:11
*Dan 4:13, 23; 12:6, 11; Rev 11:2
*v 1; Dan 7:13
*Dan 9:21; Lk 1:19, 26
*Ezek 1:28; Rev 1:17
*Ezek 2:2; Dan 10:9, 10, 16, 18
*Hab 2:3
*v 5; Dan 10:20
*v 8
*Dan 11:36
*v 11; Dan 2:34, 45; 11:21