⁸ The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off,^(A) and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.^(B)

² Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven^(A) churning up the great sea.

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7 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners^(A) of the earth, holding back the four winds^(B) of the earth to prevent^(C) any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.

²² The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.

⁵ As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground.

²⁰ But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride,^(A) he was deposed from his royal throne^(B) and stripped^(C) of his glory.^(D)

¹⁶ But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride^(A) led to his downfall.^(B) He was unfaithful^(C) to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense^(D) on the altar of incense.

²⁷ And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.^(A)

³¹ And he will send his angels^(A) with a loud trumpet call,^(B) and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

⁴ After he has arisen, his empire will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven.^(A) It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the power he exercised, because his empire will be uprooted^(B) and given to others.