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1In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head as he lay in bed. Then he wrote down the dream:[#Jer 36.4, 32; Dan 1.17; 4.13, 15; 5.1, 22, 30; #7.1 Q ms Theodotion: MT adds the beginning of the words; he said]
2I, Daniel, saw in my vision by night the four winds of heaven stirring up the great sea,[#7.2 Theodotion: Aram Daniel answered and said, I]
3and four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another.[#v 17; Rev 13.1]
4The first was like a lion and had eagles’ wings. Then, as I watched, its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a human being, and a human mind was given to it.[#Jer 48.40; Ezek 17.3; Hab 1.8]
5Another beast appeared, a second one, that looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, had three tusks in its mouth among its teeth, and was told, “Arise, devour many bodies!”[#7.5 Or ribs]
6After this, as I watched, another appeared, like a leopard. The beast had four wings of a bird on its back and four heads, and dominion was given to it.[#v 12]
7After this I saw in the visions by night a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth and was devouring, breaking in pieces, and stamping what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that preceded it, and it had ten horns.[#Rev 12.3; 13.1; 17.3]
8I was considering the horns when another horn appeared, a little one that came up among them. Three of the original horns were plucked up from before it. There were eyes like human eyes in this horn and a mouth speaking arrogantly.[#vv 20, 21, 24, 25; Rev 9.7]
9As I watched,[#Ezek 1.13, 26; 10.2, 6; Mk 9.3; Rev 1.14]
thrones were set in place,
and an Ancient One took his throne;
his clothing was white as snow
and the hair of his head like pure wool;
his throne was fiery flames,
and its wheels were burning fire.
10A stream of fire issued[#Ps 50.3; 97.3; Isa 30.33; Rev 5.11; 20.12]
and flowed out from his presence.
A thousand thousands served him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him.
The court sat in judgment,
and the books were opened.
11I watched then because of the noise of the arrogant words that the horn was speaking. And as I watched, the beast was put to death and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire.[#vv 7, 8 ; Rev 19.20]
12As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
13As I watched in the night visions,[#Ezek 1.26; Mt 24.30; 26.64; Mk 13.26; Lk 21.27; Rev 1.7, 13]
I saw one like a human being
coming with the clouds of heaven.
And he came to the Ancient One
and was presented before him.
14To him was given dominion[#Ps 2.6–8; 72.11; 102.22; Dan 2.44; Mic 4.7; 1 Cor 15.27; Eph 1.22; Phil 2.9–11; Heb 12.28]
and glory and kingship,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that shall not pass away,
and his kingship is one
that shall never be destroyed.
15As for me, Daniel, my spirit was troubled within me, and the visions of my head terrified me.[#vv 1, 28; #7.15 Aram troubled in its sheath]
16I approached one of the attendants to ask him the truth concerning all this. So he said that he would disclose to me the interpretation of the matter:[#Dan 8.16, 17; Rev 5.5; 7.13, 14]
17“As for these four great beasts, four kings shall arise out of the earth.
18But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever—forever and ever.”[#Isa 60.12–14; Rev 2.26; 20.4]
19Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet;
20and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and concerning the other horn that came up and before which three others had fallen—the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke arrogantly and that seemed greater than the others.
21As I looked, that horn made war with the holy ones and was prevailing over them,[#Rev 13.7]
22until the Ancient One came; then judgment was given for the holy ones of the Most High, and the time arrived when the holy ones gained possession of the kingdom.[#vv 9, 13, 18; 1 Cor 6.2, 3; #7.22 Aram the Ancient of Days]
23This is what he said: “As for the fourth beast,[#vv 7, 19]
there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth
that shall be different from all the other kingdoms;
it shall devour the whole earth
and trample it down and break it to pieces.
24As for the ten horns,[#vv 7, 8 ; Rev 17.12]
out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise,
and another shall arise after them.
This one shall be different from the former ones
and shall put down three kings.
25He shall speak words against the Most High,[#Isa 37.23; Dan 2.21; 8.24, 25; 12.7; Rev 12.14; 13.5; 17.6; 18.24]
shall wear out the holy ones of the Most High,
and shall attempt to change the ritual calendar and the law,
and they shall be given into his power
for a time, two times, and half a time.
26Then the court shall sit in judgment,[#vv 10, 22]
and his dominion shall be taken away,
to be consumed and totally destroyed.
27The kingship and dominion[#vv 14, 18, 22; Ps 2.6–12; Isa 60.12; Lk 1.33; Jn 12.34; Rev 11.15]
and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven
shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High;
their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom,
and all dominions shall serve and obey them.”
28Here the account ends. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly terrified me, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter in my mind.[#v 15 ; Dan 8.27; Lk 2.19]