Daniel 7:1-2

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Daniel’s Dream About Four Animals

7 In Belshazzar’s first year as king of Babylon [^Cperhaps 550 bc], Daniel had a dream. He saw visions [^Lin his head] as he was lying on his bed, and he wrote ·down what he had dreamed [^Lthe beginning of the words/matter].

² Daniel said: “I saw my vision at night. In the vision the ·wind was blowing from all four directions, which made the sea very rough [^Lfour winds of heaven stirred up the great sea; ^Ca picture of chaos].