¹⁵ And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision and sought for the meaning, then behold, there stood before me one with the appearance of a man.

¹⁶ And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, who called and said, “Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.”

¹⁷ So he came near where I stood. And when he came I was afraid and fell upon my face, but he said unto me, “Understand, O son of man,for at the time of the end shall be the vision.”

¹⁸ Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me and set me upright.

¹⁹ And he said, “Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation, for at the time appointed the end shall be.

²⁰ The ram which thou sawest having two horns, these are the kings of Media and Persia.

²¹ And the riugh goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

²² Now that one being broken, in whose place four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.

²³ And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance and understanding dark sentences shall stand up.

²⁴ And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wondrously, and shall prosper and perform, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

²⁵ And through his policy also he shall cause deceit to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by using peace shall destroy many. He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes, but he shall be broken without raising a hand.

²⁶ “And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true. Therefore shut thou up the vision, for it shall be for many days.”

²⁷ And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick several days. Afterward I rose up and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.