Daniel 8:9-25

New American Standard Bible

The Little Horn

⁹ And out of one of them came a rather ^(A)small horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the ^[a](B)Beautiful Land. ¹⁰ It grew up to the heavenly ^[b]lights, and some of the ^[c]lights, ^[d]that is, some of the ^(C)stars it threw down to the earth, and it ^(D)trampled them. ¹¹ It even ^(E)exalted itself ^[e]to be equal with the ^[f]Commander of the army; and it removed the ^(F)regular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His sanctuary was overthrown. ¹² And because of ^[g]an offense the army will be given to the horn along with the regular sacrifice; and it will ^(G)hurl truth to the ground and do as it pleases and be successful. ¹³ Then I heard a ^(H)holy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, “^(I)How long will the vision about the regular sacrifice apply, ^[h]while the offense causes horror, so as to allow both the sanctuary and the army ^[i]to be ^(J)trampled?” ¹⁴ And he said to me, “For ^(K)2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be ^[j]properly restored.”

Interpretation of the Vision

¹⁵ When ^(L)I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought ^[k]to understand it; and behold, standing before me was one ^[l]who looked like a ^(M)man. ¹⁶ And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, “^(N)Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.” ¹⁷ So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and ^(O)fell on my face; and he said to me, “Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the ^(P)time of the end.”

¹⁸ Now while he was talking with me, I was ^(Q)dazed with my face to the ground; but he ^(R)touched me and made me stand at my place. ¹⁹ And he said, “Behold, I am going to ^(S)inform you of what will occur at the final period of the indignation, because it pertains to the appointed time of the end.

The Ram’s Identity

²⁰ The ^(T)ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.

The Goat

²¹ The shaggy ^[m]goat represents the ^[n]kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king. ²² The ^(U)broken horn and the four horns that came up in its place represent four kingdoms which will arise from his nation, although not with his power.