7. I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled on him. There was no one who could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8. The male goat magnified himself exceedingly. When he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns towards the four winds of the sky.
9. Out of one of them came out a little horn, which grew exceeding great, towards the south, and towards the east, and towards the glorious land.
10. It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and it cast down some of the army and of the stars to the ground, and trampled on them.
11. Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army; and it took away from him the continual burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
12. The army was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through disobedience. It cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered.
13. Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, “How long will the vision about the continual burnt offering, and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot be?”
14. He said to me, “To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
15. When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. Then behold, there stood before me something like the appearance of a man.
16. I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called, 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 on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man; for 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 towards the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
19. He said, “Behold, I will make you know what will be in the latter time of the indignation; 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 rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.