Daniel 8:10-27 ▼

10 It grew so great that it reached to the host of heaven, and some of the host and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled on them.

11 And it magnified itself, even against the Prince of the host; and it took away from him the daily sacrifice, and the place of his sanctuary was thrown down.

12 The host was given over to it together with the daily sacrifice because of transgression. And it cast down truth to the ground, and kept prospering.

13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, |How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled?|

14 He said to me, |To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be restored to its rightful state.|

15 It came about when I, Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it. And look, there stood before me someone who appeared to be a man.

16 I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, and called out and said, |Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.|

17 So he came near where I stood, and when he came I was frightened, and fell prostrate. But he said to me, |Understand, son of man, that the vision belongs to the time of the end.|

18 Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and stood me upright.

19 He said, |Look, I will make you know what shall be in the latter time of wrath, for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.

20 The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.

21 The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

22 As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall arise out of his nation, but not with his power.

23 In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressions have reached their full measure, a rash and deceitful king shall arise.

24 His power shall be great, but not by his own strength; and he shall cause terrible destruction, and shall succeed in whatever he does. And he shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

25 Through his cunning he shall cause deceit to prosper by his influence, and he shall be great in his own mind, and without warning he shall destroy many. He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be shattered, but not by human hands.

26 The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision because it refers to many days from now.|

27 I, Daniel, was overcome, and was ill for days. Then I rose up, and carried out the king's business. And I was astonished by the vision, but there was no one to explain it.