B.
Concerning a ram and a male goat with its successors — Persia and Greece
8:1-27
1.
The year of the vision (about 554 B.C.)
v. 1
Dan. 8
:1
8:1
In the
1third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king a
avision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that appeared to me at the beginning.
2.
The place of the vision
v. 2
Dan. 8
:2
8:2
And I looked in the vision, and while I looked, now I was in the fortress of
aShushan, which is in the province of Elam; and while I looked in the vision, I was beside the river Ulai.
3.
The vision concerning a ram and a male goat with its successors
vv. 3-14
Dan. 8
:3
8:3
Then I lifted my eyes, and I looked, and there was a
1aram, standing before the river, and he had two horns. And the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other; and the higher one came up last.
Dan. 8
:4
8:4
I saw the ram
1pushing westward, northward, and southward; and no beast could stand before him, and there was no one who could deliver from his power; but he
2adid as he pleased, and he became great.
Dan. 8
:5
8:5
And while I considered
this, there was a
1male goat, coming from the west over the face of the whole earth without touching the ground; and the goat had a
2conspicuous ahorn between his eyes.
Dan. 8
:6
8:6
And he came up to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran toward him in his mighty wrath.
Dan. 8
:7
8:7
And I saw him come close to the ram, and he was enraged at him; and he struck the ram and
1broke his two horns; and the ram had no strength to withstand him, but
the goat threw him down to the ground and trampled him; and there was none to deliver the ram from his power.
Dan. 8
:8
8:8
And the male goat became very
1great. But once he became strong, the great horn was
1broken, and in its place
2afour conspicuous ones came up toward the four winds of heaven.
Dan. 8
:9
8:9
And out of one of them came forth a
1little ahorn, which grew very great toward the
bsouth, toward the east, and toward that which is
cbeautiful.
Dan. 8
:10
8:10
And it grew great,
1as high as the
ahost of heaven; and it caused some of the host and some of the
bstars to fall to the earth, and it trampled them.
Dan. 8
:11
8:11
Indeed, he grew in greatness to
that of the
1aPrince of the host; and
2from Him the
bdaily sacrifice was
ctaken away, and the place of His
dsanctuary was thrown down.
Dan. 8
:12
8:12
And an army was given
to him together with the daily sacrifice because of transgression; and he cast truth down to the ground, and he took action and prospered.
Dan. 8
:13
8:13
Then I heard a
1holy one speaking; and another
1holy one said to the particular one who was speaking, How long will the vision
concerning the daily sacrifice and the
atransgression that desolates apply, so that the sanctuary and the host are trampled down?
Dan. 8
:14
8:14
And he said to me, For
1atwo thousand three hundred nights and days; then the sanctuary will be
2cleansed.
4.
The interpretation of the vision
vv. 15-27
Dan. 8
:15
8:15
And when I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought an understanding
of it; and immediately
there was someone with an appearance like that of a man standing before me.
Dan. 8
:16
8:16
And I heard the voice of a man between
the banks of the Ulai; and He called out and said,
aGabriel, cause this man to understand the vision.
Dan. 8
:17
8:17
So he came near to where I stood; and when he came, I was afraid, and I
afell on my face; but he said to me, Understand, O son of man, that the vision pertains to the
bend time.
Dan. 8
:18
8:18
And as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep
asleep on my face upon the ground; but he
btouched me and made me stand in my place.
Dan. 8
:19
8:19
And he said, I now make known to you what will happen at the end of the indignation, for
the vision pertains to the appointed time of the
aend.
Dan. 8
:20
8:20
The aram that you saw, which had the two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia.
Dan. 8
:21
8:21
And the hairy
agoat is the king of
1Javan; and the great horn which was between its eyes is the first
bking.
Dan. 8
:22
8:22
And the broken
horn and the
afour horns that arose in its place are four kingdoms that will arise from
his nation, but not with his power.
Dan. 8
:23
8:23
And in the latter time of their kingdom,
When the transgressors have
afilled up
their transgressions,
A
1king will
barise,
2Of fierce countenance and skilled in
3ambiguities.
Dan. 8
:24
8:24
And his power will be mighty, but not by his
own apower.
And he will destroy in an extraordinary manner
And will prosper and take action.
He will destroy mighty men
And the
bholy people.
Dan. 8
:25
8:25
Through his craftiness
He will also cause
adeceit to prosper in his hand;
And he will
bmagnify himself in his heart;
And he will destroy many
who are complacently secure.
And against the
cPrince of princes he will stand up;
But he will be
dbroken,
yet not by
human hands.
Dan. 8
:26
8:26
And the vision of the evenings and the mornings,
Which has been told, is true.
But
ashut the vision up,
For it pertains to
something many days
from now.
Dan. 8
:27
8:27
Then I, Daniel, was spent, and I was sick for days. Then I arose and conducted the king’s affairs; but I was astonished at the vision, and there was no one to explain
it.
