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chapter 7
1
In the
first year of Baltasar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream: and the vision of
his head was upon his bed: and writing the dream, he comprehended it in few
words: and relating the sum of it in short, he said:
2 I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four
winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
3 And four great beasts, different one from another,
came up out of the sea.
4 The first was like a lioness, and had the wings of an
eagle: I beheld till her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the
earth, and stood upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was given to
her.
5 And behold another beast like a bear stood up on one
side: and there were three rows in the mouth thereof, and in the teeth thereof,
and thus they said to it: Arise, devour much flesh.
6 After this I beheld, and lo, another like a leopard,
and it had upon it four wings as of a fowl, and the beast had four heads, and
power was given to it.
7 After this I beheld in the vision of the night, and
lo, a fourth beast, terrible and wonderful, and exceeding strong, it had great
iron teeth, eating and breaking in pieces, and treading down the rest with its
feet: and it was unlike to the other beasts which I had seen before it, and had
ten horns.
8 I considered the horns, and behold another little
horn sprung out of the midst of them: and three of the first horns were plucked
up at the presence thereof: and behold eyes like the eyes of a man were in this
horn, and a mouth speaking great things.
9 I beheld till thrones were placed, and the Ancient of
days sat: his garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like clean
wool: his throne like flames of fire: the wheels of it like a burning fire.
10 A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him:
thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times a hundred
thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened.
11 I beheld because of the voice of the great words
which that horn spoke: and I saw that the beast was slain, and the body thereof
was destroyed, and given to the fire to be burnt:
12 And that the power of the other beasts was taken
away: and that times of life were appointed them for a time, and time.
13 I beheld therefore in the vision of the night, and
lo, one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to
the Ancient of days: and they presented him before him.
14 And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and
all peoples, tribes and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting
power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be
destroyed.
15 My spirit trembled, I Daniel was affrighted at these
things, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 I went near to one of them that stood by, and asked
the truth of him concerning all these things, and he told me the interpretation
of the words, and instructed me:
17 These four great beasts are four kingdoms, which
shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most high God shall take the
kingdom: and they shall possess the kingdom for ever and ever.
19 After this I would diligently learn concerning the
fourth beast. which was very different from all, and exceeding terrible: his
teeth and claws were of iron: he devoured and broke in pieces, and the rest he
stamped upon with his feet:
20 And concerning the ten horns that he had on his
head: and concerning the other that came up, before which three horns fell: and
of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and was greater
than the rest.
21 I beheld, and lo, that horn made war against the
saints, and prevailed over them,
22 Till the Ancient of days came and gave judgment to
the saints of the most High, and the time came, and the saints obtained the
kingdom.
23 And thus he said: The fourth beast shall be the
fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be greater than all the kingdoms, and
shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns of the same kingdom, shall be ten
kings: and another shall rise up after them, and he shall be mightier than the
former, and he shall bring down three kings.
25 And he shall speak words against the High One, and
shall crush the saints of the most High: and he shall think himself able to
change times and laws, and they shall be delivered into his hand until a time,
and times, and half a time.
26 And judgment shall sit, that his power may be taken
away, and be broken in pieces, and perish even to the end.
27 And that the kingdom, and power, and the greatness
of the kingdom, under the whole heaven, may be given to the people of the
saints of the most High: whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all kings
shall serve him, and shall obey him.
28 Hitherto is the end of the word. I Daniel was much
troubled with my thoughts, and my countenance was changed in me: but I kept the
word in my heart.
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