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In the first◦ year of◦ Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head on his bed; then he wrote the dream, the sum of the words that he said.
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Daniel answered and said, I was seeing in my vision by▵ night, and, lo, the four winds of the heavens rushed at◦ the great◦ sea.
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And four great◦ animals came··up from the sea, different* this▫ from that▫.
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The foremost was as a lion, and had◦ wings of an eagle; I was seeing until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted··up▵ from the earth, and was raised··up on the feet as a man▵, and a heart of a man▵ was given▵ to it.
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And lo, another animal, a second, was··like a bear, and it raised· itself ·up on one side, and there was three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and they said thus◦ to it, Arise, eat much flesh.
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In the place of this I was seeing, and lo, another, as a leopard, and it had◦ on the back of it four wings of a fowl; and the animal had◦ four heads; and dominion was given▵ to it.
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In the place of this I was seeing in the night visions, and lo, a fourth animal, fearful and dreadful, and exceedingly strong; and it had great◦ teeth of iron; it ate··up and crushed··thin, and trampled◦ what was left with its feet; and it◦ was different from all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns.
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I was considering* the horns, and, behold, there came··up between them another little horn, from before which there were three from the foremost horns uprooted; and, behold, in this▫ horn were eyes as the eyes of man▵, and a mouth speaking great◦ things.
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I was seeing until the thrones were cast··out, and the Ancient◦ of Days did sit, whose clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head as the pure wool; His throne was like the fiery flame, and His rolling wheels as chasing fire.
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A river of fire emanated and came··out from before Him; a thousand thousands ministered to Him, and a myriad of myriads rose··up before Him; the judgment◦ did sit, and the books were··opened.
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I was seeing then because of the voice of the great◦ words which the horn spoke; I was seeing even until the animal was killed◦, and his body perished, and was given▵ to the burning◦ fire.
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And what was left of the animals, their dominion was made to pass··away; but a lengthening in their lives was given▵ to them until a season and a time.
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I was seeing in the night visions and lo, one as the Son◦ of Man▵ was coming with▵ the clouds of the heavens, and reached even··to the Ancient◦ of Days, and they brought· Him ·near before Him.
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And there was given▵ to Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations◦, and tongues, should serve Him; His dominion is an eternal dominion, which shall not pass··away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed◦.
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I◦ Daniel was pierced in my spirit in the midst of my body▵, and the visions of my head vexed me.
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I came··near upon one of those who stood by, and sought from him the certainty concerning all this. And he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the thing.
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These great◦ animals, which are these◦ four, are four kings, which shall arise from the earth.
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But the holy··ones of the Most··High shall receive the kingdom, and secure◦ the kingdom even··for the age, and even··for ages of ages.
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Then I desired certainty concerning the fourth animal, which was different from all of them, exceedingly fearful, whose teeth were of iron and his nails◦ of bronze, which ate··up, crushed··thin, and trampled◦ what was left with his feet;
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and concerning the ten horns that were on◦ its head, and the other which came··up, and before whom the three fell; and that▫ horn had◦ eyes, and a mouth that spoke great◦ things, and its vision was greater◦ than its friend.
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I was seeing, and that▫ horn made war* with▵ the holy··ones, and prevailed◦ against▵ them,
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until this Ancient◦ of Days came, and judgment◦ was given▵ to the holy··ones of the Most··High; and the time▵ was reached and the holy··ones secured◦ the kingdom.
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Thus◦ he said, The fourth animal shall be the fourth kingdom in the earth, which shall be changed◦ from all the kingdoms, and shall eat··up all the earth, and shall tread··on her, and crush· her ·thin.
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And the ten horns from the kingdom are the ten kings that shall arise; and another shall arise after them, and he◦ shall be different* from the foremost, and he shall make··low the three kings.
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And he shall speak words against the Most··High, and shall wear··down the holy··ones of the Most··High, and think▵ to change◦ times▵ and the law◦; and they shall be given▵ into his hand until a time and times and a division of time.
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But the judgment◦ shall sit, and they shall make his dominion to pass··away, to blot··out and to make it perish until the end▫.
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And the kingdom and the dominion, and the majesty◦ of the kingdom under all of the heavens, shall be given▵ to the people of the holy··ones of the Most··High. His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey Him.
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Even··for now▫ is the end▫ of the thing*. As for me◦, Daniel, my concerns much vexed me, and my countenance changed◦ upon me; but I kept the thing in my heart.
