Daniel:7
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In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed :
then he wrote the dream ,
and told the sum of the matters .
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Daniel spake and said ,
I saw in my vision by night ,
and ,
behold ,
the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea .
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And four great beasts came up from the sea ,
diverse one from another .
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The first was like a lion ,
and had eagle '
s wings :
I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked ,
and it was lifted up from the earth ,
and made stand upon the feet as a man ,
and a man '
s heart was given to it .
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And behold another beast ,
a second ,
like to a bear ,
and it raised up itself on one side ,
and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it :
and they said thus unto it ,
Arise ,
devour much flesh .
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After this I beheld ,
and lo another ,
like a leopard ,
which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl ;
the beast had also four heads ;
and dominion was given to it .
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After this I saw in the night visions ,
and behold a fourth beast ,
dreadful and terrible ,
and strong exceedingly ;
and it had great iron teeth :
it devoured and brake in pieces ,
and stamped the residue with the feet of it :
and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it ;
and it had ten horns .
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I considered the horns ,
and ,
behold ,
there came up among them another little horn ,
before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots :
and ,
behold ,
in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man ,
and a mouth speaking great things .
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I beheld till the thrones were cast down ,
and the Ancient of days did sit ,
whose garment was white as snow ,
and the hair of his head like the pure wool :
his throne was like the fiery flame ,
and his wheels as burning fire .
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A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him :
thousand thousands ministered unto him ,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him :
the judgment was set ,
and the books were opened .
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I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake :
I beheld even till the beast was slain ,
and his body destroyed ,
and given to the burning flame .
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As concerning the rest of the beasts ,
they had their dominion taken away :
yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time .
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I saw in the night visions ,
and ,
behold ,
one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven ,
and came to the Ancient of days ,
and they brought him near before him .
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And there was given him dominion ,
and glory ,
and a kingdom ,
that all people ,
nations ,
and languages ,
should serve him :
his dominion is an everlasting dominion ,
which shall not pass away ,
and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed .
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I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body ,
and the visions of my head troubled me .
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I came near unto one of them that stood by ,
and asked him the truth of all this .
So he told me ,
and made me know the interpretation of the things .
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These great beasts ,
which are four ,
are four kings ,
which shall arise out of the earth .
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But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom ,
and possess the kingdom for ever ,
even for ever and ever .
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Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast ,
which was diverse from all the others ,
exceeding dreadful ,
whose teeth were of iron ,
and his nails of brass ;
which devoured ,
brake in pieces ,
and stamped the residue with his feet ;
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And of the ten horns that were in his head ,
and of the other which came up ,
and before whom three fell ;
even of that horn that had eyes ,
and a mouth that spake very great things ,
whose look was more stout than his fellows .
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I beheld ,
and the same horn made war with the saints ,
and prevailed against them ;
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Until the Ancient of days came ,
and judgment was given to the saints of the most High ;
and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom .
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Thus he said ,
The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth ,
which shall be diverse from all kingdoms ,
and shall devour the whole earth ,
and shall tread it down ,
and break it in pieces .
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And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise :
and another shall rise after them ;
and he shall be diverse from the first ,
and he shall subdue three kings .
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And he shall speak great words against the most High ,
and shall wear out the saints of the most High ,
and think to change times and laws :
and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time .
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But the judgment shall sit ,
and they shall take away his dominion ,
to consume and to destroy it unto the end .
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And the kingdom and dominion ,
and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven ,
shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High ,
whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom ,
and all dominions shall serve and obey him .
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Hitherto is the end of the matter .
As for me Daniel ,
my cogitations much troubled me ,
and my countenance changed in me :
but I kept the matter in my heart .