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In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon ,
Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed .
Then he wrote down the dream ,
telling the main facts .
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Daniel spoke ,
saying , "
I saw in my vision by night ,
and behold ,
the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea .
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And four great beasts came up from the sea ,
each different from the other .
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The first was like a lion ,
and had eagle '
s wings .
I watched till its wings were plucked off ;
and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man ,
and a man '
s heart was given to it .
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And suddenly another beast ,
a second ,
like a bear .
It was raised up on one side ,
and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth .
And they said thus to it : "
Arise ,
devour much flesh !'
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After this I looked ,
and there was another ,
like a leopard ,
which had on its back four wings of a bird .
The beast also had 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 ,
exceedingly strong .
It had huge iron teeth ;
it was devouring ,
breaking in pieces ,
and trampling the residue with its feet .
It was different from all the beasts that were before it ,
and it had ten horns .
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I was considering the horns ,
and there was another horn ,
a little one ,
coming up among them ,
before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots .
And there ,
in this horn ,
were eyes like the eyes of a man ,
and a mouth speaking pompous words .
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I watched till thrones were put in place ,
And the Ancient of Days was seated ;
His garment was white as snow ,
And the hair of His head was like pure wool .
His throne was a fiery flame ,
Its wheels a burning fire ;
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A fiery stream issued And came forth from before Him .
A thousand thousands ministered to Him ;
Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him .
The court was seated ,
And the books were opened .
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I watched then because of the sound of the pompous words which the horn was speaking ;
I watched till the beast was slain ,
and its body destroyed and given to the burning flame .
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As for the rest of the beasts ,
they had their dominion taken away ,
yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time .
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I was watching in the night visions ,
And behold ,
One like the Son of Man ,
Coming with the clouds of heaven !
He came to the Ancient of Days ,
And they brought Him near before Him .
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Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom ,
That all peoples ,
nations ,
and languages should serve Him .
His dominion is an everlasting dominion ,
Which shall not pass away ,
And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed .
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I ,
Daniel ,
was grieved in my spirit within my body ,
and the visions of my head troubled me .
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I came near to one of those who stood by ,
and asked him the truth of all this .
So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things :
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Those great beasts ,
which are four ,
are four kings which arise out of the earth .
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But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom ,
and possess the kingdom forever ,
even forever and ever .'
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Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast ,
which was different from all the others ,
exceedingly dreadful ,
with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze ,
which devoured ,
broke in pieces ,
and trampled the residue with its feet ;
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and the ten horns that were on its head ,
and the other horn which came up ,
before which three fell ,
namely ,
that horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke pompous words ,
whose appearance was greater than his fellows .
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I was watching ;
and the same horn was making war against the saints ,
and prevailing against them ,
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until the Ancient of Days came ,
and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High ,
and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom .
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Thus he said : "
The fourth beast shall be A fourth kingdom on earth ,
Which shall be different from all other kingdoms ,
And shall devour the whole earth ,
Trample it and break it in pieces .
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The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom .
And another shall rise after them ;
He shall be different from the first ones ,
And shall subdue three kings .
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He shall speak pompous words against the Most High ,
Shall persecute the saints of the Most High ,
And shall intend to change times and law .
Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a time and times and half a time .
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But the court shall be seated ,
And they shall take away his dominion ,
To consume and destroy it forever .
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Then the kingdom and dominion ,
And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven ,
Shall be given to the people ,
the saints of the Most High .
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom ,
And all dominions shall serve and obey Him .'
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This is the end of the account .
As for me ,
Daniel ,
my thoughts greatly troubled me ,
and my countenance changed ;
but I kept the matter in my heart ."
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In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me--to me ,
Daniel--after the one that appeared to me the first time .
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I saw in the vision ,
and it so happened while I was looking ,
that I was in Shushan ,
the citadel ,
which is in the province of Elam ;
and I saw in the vision that I was by the River Ulai .
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Then I lifted my eyes and saw ,
and there ,
standing beside the river ,
was a ram which had two horns ,
and the two horns were high ;
but one was higher than the other ,
and the higher one came up last .
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I saw the ram pushing westward ,
northward ,
and southward ,
so that no animal could withstand him ;
nor was there any that could deliver from his hand ,
but he did according to his will and became great .
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And as I was considering ,
suddenly a male goat came from the west ,
across the surface of the whole earth ,
without touching the ground ;
and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes .
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Then he came to the ram that had two horns ,
which I had seen standing beside the river ,
and ran at him with furious power .
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And I saw him confronting the ram ;
he was moved with rage against him ,
attacked the ram ,
and broke his two horns .
There was no power in the ram to withstand him ,
but he cast him down to the ground and trampled him ;
and there was no one that could deliver the ram from his hand .
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Therefore the male goat grew very great ;
but when he became strong ,
the large horn was broken ,
and in place of it four notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven .
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And out of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south ,
toward the east ,
and toward the Glorious Land .
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And it grew up to the host of heaven ;
and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground ,
and trampled them .
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He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host ;
and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away ,
and the place of His sanctuary was cast down .
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Because of transgression ,
an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices ;
and he cast truth down to the ground .
He did all this and prospered .
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Then I heard a holy one speaking ;
and another holy one said to that certain one who was speaking , "
How long will the vision be ,
concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation ,
the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot ?"
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And he said to me , "
For two thousand three hundred days ;
then the sanctuary shall be cleansed ."
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Then it happened ,
when I ,
Daniel ,
had seen the vision and was seeking the meaning ,
that suddenly there stood before me one having the appearance of a man .
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And I heard a man '
s voice between the banks of the Ulai ,
who called ,
and said , "
Gabriel ,
make this man understand the vision ."
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So he came near where I stood ,
and when he came I was afraid and fell on my face ;
but he said to me , "
Understand ,
son of man ,
that the vision refers to the time of the end ."
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Now ,
as he was speaking with me ,
I was in a deep sleep with my face to the ground ;
but he touched me ,
and stood me upright .
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And he said , "
Look ,
I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation ;
for at the appointed time the end shall be .
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The ram which you saw ,
having the two horns--they are the kings of Media and Persia .
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And the male goat is the kingdom of Greece .
The large horn that is between its eyes is the first king .
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As for the broken horn and the four that stood up in its place ,
four kingdoms shall arise out of that nation ,
but not with its power .
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And in the latter time of their kingdom ,
When the transgressors have reached their fullness ,
A king shall arise ,
Having fierce features ,
Who understands sinister schemes .
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His power shall be mighty ,
but not by his own power ;
He shall destroy fearfully ,
And shall prosper and thrive ;
He shall destroy the mighty ,
and also the holy people .
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Through his cunning He shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule ;
And he shall exalt himself in his heart .
He shall destroy many in their prosperity .
He shall even rise against the Prince of princes ;
But he shall be broken without human means .
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And the vision of the evenings and mornings Which was told is true ;
Therefore seal up the vision ,
For it refers to many days in the future ."
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And I ,
Daniel ,
fainted and was sick for days ;
afterward I arose and went about the king '
s business .
I was astonished by the vision ,
but no one understood it .
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In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus ,
of the lineage of the Medes ,
who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans --
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in the first year of his reign I ,
Daniel ,
understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet ,
that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem .
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Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications ,
with fasting ,
sackcloth ,
and ashes .
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And I prayed to the LORD my God ,
and made confession ,
and said , "
O Lord ,
great and awesome God ,
who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him ,
and with those who keep His commandments ,
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we have sinned and committed iniquity ,
we have done wickedly and rebelled ,
even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments .
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Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets ,
who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes ,
to our fathers and all the people of the land .
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O Lord ,
righteousness belongs to You ,
but to us shame of face ,
as it is this day--to the men of Judah ,
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel ,
those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them ,
because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You .
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O Lord ,
to us belongs shame of face ,
to our kings ,
our princes ,
and our fathers ,
because we have sinned against You .
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To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness ,
though we have rebelled against Him .
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We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God ,
to walk in His laws ,
which He set before us by His servants the prophets .
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Yes ,
all Israel has transgressed Your law ,
and has departed so as not to obey Your voice ;
therefore the curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us ,
because we have sinned against Him .
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And He has confirmed His words ,
which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us ,
by bringing upon us a great disaster ;
for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem .
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As it is written in the Law of Moses ,
all this disaster has come upon us ;
yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God ,
that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth .
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Therefore the LORD has kept the disaster in mind ,
and brought it upon us ;
for the LORD our God is righteous in all the works which He does ,
though we have not obeyed His voice .
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And now ,
O Lord our God ,
who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand ,
and made Yourself a name ,
as it is this day--we have sinned ,
we have done wickedly !
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O Lord ,
according to all Your righteousness ,
I pray ,
let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem ,
Your holy mountain ;
because for our sins ,
and for the iniquities of our fathers ,
Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us .
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Now therefore ,
our God ,
hear the prayer of Your servant ,
and his supplications ,
and for the Lord '
s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary ,
which is desolate .
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O my God ,
incline Your ear and hear ;
open Your eyes and see our desolations ,
and the city which is called by Your name ;
for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds ,
but because of Your great mercies .
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O Lord ,
hear !
O Lord ,
forgive !
O Lord ,
listen and act !
Do not delay for Your own sake ,
my God ,
for Your city and Your people are called by Your name ."
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Now while I was speaking ,
praying ,
and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel ,
and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God ,
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yes ,
while I was speaking in prayer ,
the man Gabriel ,
whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning ,
being caused to fly swiftly ,
reached me about the time of the evening offering .
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And he informed me ,
and talked with me ,
and said , "
O Daniel ,
I have now come forth to give you skill to understand .
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At the beginning of your supplications the command went out ,
and I have come to tell you ,
for you are greatly beloved ;
therefore consider the matter ,
and understand the vision :
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Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city ,
To finish the transgression ,
To make an end of sins ,
To make reconciliation for iniquity ,
To bring in everlasting righteousness ,
To seal up vision and prophecy ,
And to anoint the Most Holy .
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Know therefore and understand ,
That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince ,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks ;
The street shall be built again ,
and the wall ,
Even in troublesome times .
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And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off ,
but not for Himself ;
And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary .
The end of it shall be with a flood ,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined .
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Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week ;
But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering .
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate ,
Even until the consummation ,
which is determined ,
Is poured out on the desolate ."
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In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel ,
whose name was called Belteshazzar .
The message was true ,
but the appointed time was long ;
and he understood the message ,
and had understanding of the vision .