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The goat became very powerful. But at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off. In the large horn’s place grew four prominent horns pointing in the four directions of the earth. Then from one of the prominent horns came a small horn whose power grew very great. It extended toward the south and the east and toward the glorious land of Israel. 10 Its power reached to the heavens, where it attacked the heavenly army, throwing some of the heavenly beings and some of the stars to the ground and trampling them. 11 It even challenged the Commander of heaven’s army by canceling the daily sacrifices offered to him and by destroying his Temple. 12 The army of heaven was restrained from responding to this rebellion. So the daily sacrifice was halted, and truth was overthrown. The horn succeeded in everything it did.[a]

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  1. 8:11-12 The meaning of the Hebrew for these verses is uncertain.

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)

Out of one of them came another horn, which started small(C) but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land.(D) 10 It grew until it reached(E) the host of the heavens, and it threw some of the starry host down to the earth(F) and trampled(G) on them. 11 It set itself up to be as great as the commander(H) of the army of the Lord;(I) it took away the daily sacrifice(J) from the Lord, and his sanctuary was thrown down.(K) 12 Because of rebellion, the Lord’s people[a] and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground.(L)

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  1. Daniel 8:12 Or rebellion, the armies