Vision of the Horns

¹⁸ Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four ^(A)horns.

The Commander of the Army of the Lord

¹³ And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, ^(A)a Man stood opposite him ^(B)with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, “Are You for us or for our adversaries?”

⁹ Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a ^(A)stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

Vision of the Woman in a Basket

⁵ Then the angel who talked with me came out and said to me, “Lift your eyes now, and see what this is that goes forth.”

Vision of the Flying Scroll

5 Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying ^(A)scroll.

Vision of the Measuring Line

2 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, ^(A)a man with a measuring line in his hand.

²⁸ While returning to his land with great riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant; so he shall do damage and return to his own land.

The Northern King’s Blasphemies

²⁹ “At the appointed time he shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter. ^30 (A)For ships from ^[a]Cyprus shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage.

“So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. ³¹ And ^[b]forces shall be mustered by him, ^(B)and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation. ³² Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall ^[c]corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits. ³³ And those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering. ³⁴ Now when they fall, they shall be aided with a little help; but many shall join with them by ^[d]intrigue. ³⁵ And some of those of understanding shall fall, ^(C)to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.

³ Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and there, standing beside the river, was a ram which had two horns, and the two horns were high; but one was ^(A)higher than the other, and the higher one came up last. ⁴ I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward, so that no animal could ^[a]withstand him; nor was there any that could deliver from his hand, ^(B)but he did according to his will and became great.

⁵ And as I was considering, suddenly a male goat came from the west, across the surface of the whole earth, without touching the ground; and the goat had a notable ^(C)horn between his eyes. ⁶ Then he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing beside the river, and ran at him with furious power. ⁷ And I saw him confronting the ram; he was moved with rage against him, ^[b]attacked the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to withstand him, but he cast him down to the ground and trampled him; and there was no one that could deliver the ram from his hand.

⁸ Therefore the male goat grew very great; but when he became strong, the large horn was broken, and in place of it ^(D)four notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven. ^9 (E)And out of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, ^(F)toward the east, and toward the ^(G)Glorious Land. ^10 (H)And it grew up to ^(I)the host of heaven; and ^(J)it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them. ^11 (K)He even exalted himself as high as ^(L)the Prince of the host; ^(M)and by him ^(N)the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of ^[c]His sanctuary was cast down. ¹² Because of transgression, ^(O)an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast ^(P)truth down to the ground. He ^(Q)did all this and prospered.

¹³ Then I heard ^(R)a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was speaking, “How long will the vision be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression ^[d]of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot?”

¹⁴ And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred ^[e]days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.”

³ And four great beasts ^(A)came up from the sea, each different from the other. ⁴ The first was ^(B)like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a ^(C)man’s heart was given to it.

^5 (D)“And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’

⁶ “After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had ^(E)four heads, and dominion was given to it.

⁷ “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, ^(F)a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, ^(G)and it had ten horns. ⁸ I was considering the horns, and ^(H)there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes ^(I)of a man, ^(J)and a mouth speaking ^[a]pompous words.