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Daniel, starting at chapter 7
{7:1} In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a
dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and
told the sum of the matters. {7:2} Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my
vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on
the great sea. {7:3} Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse
one from another. {7:4} The first was like a lion, and had eagle's
wings: I saw until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from
the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart
was given to it. {7:5} Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear;
and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth
between its teeth: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.
{7:6} After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had
on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it. {7:7} After this I saw in the night visions,
and, behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and strong
exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in
pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from
all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns. {7:8} I
considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another
horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked
up by the roots: and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a
man, and a mouth speaking great things. {7:9} I saw until thrones were
placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as
snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery
flames, [and] its wheels burning fire. {7:10} A fiery stream issued
and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to
him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the
judgment was set, and the books were opened. {7:11} I saw at that time
because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke; I saw
even until the animal was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was
given to be burned with fire. {7:12} As for the rest of the animals,
their dominion was taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a
season and a time. {7:13} I saw in the night visions, and behold,
there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he
came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before
him. {7:14} There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom,
that all the peoples, 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. {7:15} As for me,
Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions
of my head troubled me. {7:16} I came near to one of those who stood
by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and
made me know the interpretation of the things. {7:17} These great
animals, which are four, are four kings, who shall arise out of the
earth. {7:18} But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the
kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.
{7:19} Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal,
which was diverse from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth
were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces,
and stamped the residue with its feet; {7:20} and concerning the ten
horns that were on its head, and the other [horn] which came up, and
before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth
that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows.
{7:21} I saw, and the same horn made war with the holy ones, and
prevailed against them; {7:22} until the ancient of days came, and
judgment was given to the holy ones of the Most High, and the time
came that the holy ones possessed the kingdom. {7:23} Thus he said,
The fourth animal shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be
diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and
shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. {7:24} As for the ten
horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise: and another shall
arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he
shall put down three kings. {7:25} He shall speak words against the
Most High, and shall wear out the holy ones of the Most High; and he
shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given
into his hand until a time and times and half a time. {7:26} But the
judgment shall be set, and they shall take away his dominion, to
consume and to destroy it to the end. {7:27} The kingdom and the
dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, shall
be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High: his kingdom
is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
{7:28} Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts
much troubled me, and my face was changed in me: but I kept the matter
in my heart.
{8:1} In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision
appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at
the first. {8:2} I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw,
I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam; and I
saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai. {8:3} Then I lifted up
my eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which
had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than
the other, and the higher came up last. {8:4} I saw the ram pushing
westward, and northward, and southward; and no animals could stand
before him, neither was there any who could deliver out of his hand;
but he did according to his will, and magnified himself. {8:5} As I
was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the
surface of the whole earth, and didn't touch the ground: and the goat
had a notable horn between his eyes. {8:6} He came to the ram that had
the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him
in the fury of his power. {8:7} 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; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; but
he cast him down to the ground, and trampled on him; and there was
none who could deliver the ram out of his hand. {8:8} The male goat
magnified himself exceedingly: and when he was strong, the great horn
was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable [horns]
toward the four winds of the sky. {8:9} Out of one of them came forth
a little horn, which grew exceeding great, toward the south, and
toward the east, and toward the glorious [land]. {8:10} It grew great,
even to the army of the sky; and some of the army and of the stars it
cast down to the ground, and trampled on them. {8:11} 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. {8:12} The army was given over [to it]
together with the continual [burnt offering] through disobedience; and
it cast down truth to the ground, and it did [its pleasure] and
prospered. {8:13} Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy
one said to that certain one who spoke, How long shall be the vision
[concerning] the continual [burnt offering], and the disobedience that
makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden
under foot? {8:14} He said to me, To two thousand and three hundred
evenings [and] mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. {8:15}
It happened, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought
to understand it; and behold, there stood before me as the appearance
of a man. {8:16} I heard a man's voice between [the banks of] the
Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the
vision. {8:17} 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. {8:18} Now as he
was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the
ground; but he touched me, and set me upright. {8:19} He said, Behold,
I will make you know what shall be in the latter time of the
indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time of the end. {8:20}
The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of
Media and Persia. {8:21} The rough male goat is the king of Greece:
and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. {8:22}
As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four
kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
{8:23} In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors
have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark
sentences, shall stand up. {8:24} His power shall be mighty, but not
by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper
and do [his pleasure]; and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the
holy people. {8:25} Through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper
in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in [their]
security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the
prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. {8:26} The
vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true: but
seal up the vision; for it belongs to many days [to come]. {8:27} I,
Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did
the king's business: and I wondered at the vision, but none understood
it.
{9:1} In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed
of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Kasdim, {9:2} in
the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the
number of the years about which the word of [1>]the LORD[<1] came to
Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of
Jerusalem, even seventy years. {9:3} I set my face to the Lord God, to
seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
{9:4} I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, Oh,
Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving
kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, {9:5} we
have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and
have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your
ordinances; {9:6} neither have we listened to your servants the
prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our
fathers, and to all the people of the land. {9:7} Lord, righteousness
belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the
men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel,
who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you
have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed
against you. {9:8} Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our
kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned
against you. {9:9} To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness;
for we have rebelled against him; {9:10} neither have we obeyed the
voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us
by his servants the prophets. {9:11} Yes, all Israel have transgressed
your law, turning aside, that they should not obey your voice:
therefore the curse and the oath written in the Torah of Moses the
servant of God has been poured out on us; for we have sinned against
him. {9:12} He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and
against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for
under the whole sky, such has not been done as has been done to
Jerusalem. {9:13} As it is written in the Torah of Moses, all this
evil has come on us: yet have we not entreated the favor of the LORD
our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment
in your truth. {9:14} Therefore has the LORD watched over the evil,
and brought it on us; for the LORD our God is righteous in all his
works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice. {9:15} Now,
Lord our God, who has brought your people forth out of the land of
Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten yourself renown, as at this
day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. {9:16} Lord, according to
all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath 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 have become a reproach to all who are around us. {9:17} Now
therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his
petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is
desolate, for the Lord's sake. {9:18} My God, turn 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 petitions before you for our
righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake. {9:19} Lord, hear;
Lord, forgive; Lord, listen and do; don't defer, for your own sake, my
God, because your city and your people are called by your name. {9:20}
While I was speaking, and 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; {9:21} 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, touched me about the time of
the evening offering. {9:22} He instructed me, and talked with me, and
said, Daniel, I am now come forth to give you wisdom and
understanding. {9:23} At the beginning of your petitions the
commandment went forth, and I have come to tell you; for you are
greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the
vision. {9:24} Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your
holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to
make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the
most holy. {9:25} Know therefore and discern, that from the going
forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the
[2>]Anointed One,[<2] the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two
weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troubled
times. {9:26} After the sixty-two weeks the [3>]Anointed One[<3] shall
be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who
shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall
be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are
determined. {9:27} He shall make a firm covenant with many for one
week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and
the offering to cease; and on the wing of abominations [shall come]
one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined,
shall [wrath] be poured out on the desolate.
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Footnotes:
[1] {9:2} "LORD" or "GOD" (all capital letters) indicate the 4-letter
Holy Name of God
[2] {9:25} "Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" (same as
"Messiah").
[3] {9:26} "Anointed One" can also be translated "Messiah" (same as
"Messiah").
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