18. And when he spoke to me I fell flat on the ground: and he touched me, and set me upright,
19. And he said to me: I will shew thee what things are to come to pass in the end of the malediction: for the time hath its end.
20. The ram, which thou sawest with horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.
21. And the he goat, is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn that was between his eyes, the same is the first king.
22. But whereas when that was broken, there arose up four for it: four kings shall rise up of his nation, but not with his strength.
23. And after their reign, when iniquities shall be grown up, there shall arise a king of a shameless face, and understanding dark sentences.
24. And his power shall be strengthened, but not by his own force: and he shall lay all things waste, and shall prosper, and do more than can be believed. And he shall destroy the mighty, and the people of the saints,
25. According to his will, and craft shall be successful in his hand: and his heart shall be puffed up, and in the abundance of all things he shall kill many: and he shall rise up against the prince of princes, and shall be broken without hand.
26. And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told, is true: thou therefore seal up the vision, because it shall come to pass after many days.
27. And I Daniel languished, and was sick for some days: and when I was risen up, I did the king's business, and I was astonished at the vision, and there was none that could interpret it.