1. After this first vision, I, Daniel, had another, in the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar.
2. In my vision I saw myself in the fortress of Susa in the province of Elam; I was beside the river Ulai.
3. I looked up and saw standing by the river a ram with two great horns, the one larger and newer than the other.
4. I saw the ram butting toward the west, north, and south. No beast could withstand it or be rescued from its power; it did what it pleased and grew powerful.
5. As I was reflecting, a he-goat with a prominent horn on its forehead suddenly came from the west across the whole earth without touching the ground.
6. It came to the two-horned ram I had seen standing by the river, and rushed toward it with savage force.
7. I saw it reach the ram; enraged, the he-goat attacked and shattered both its horns. The ram did not have the strength to withstand it; the he-goat threw the ram to the ground and trampled upon it. No one could rescue the ram from its power.
8. The he-goat grew very powerful, but at the height of its strength the great horn was shattered, and in its place came up four others, facing the four winds of heaven.
9. Out of one of them came a little horn which grew and grew toward the south, the east, and the glorious land.