Daniel 7:2-4

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Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts

7 ^1-2 Daniel wrote:

In the first year of King Belshazzar^[a] of Babylonia, I had some dreams and visions while I was asleep one night, and I wrote them down.

The four winds were stirring up the mighty sea, ^3 (A) when suddenly four powerful beasts came out of the sea. Each beast was different. ^4 (B) The first was like a lion with the wings of an eagle. As I watched, its wings were pulled off. Then it was lifted to an upright position and made to stand on two feet, just like a human, and it was given a human mind.