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The Prophecy
of Daniel 7
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:
I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four winds
of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
And four great beasts, different one from another, came
up out of the sea.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
And that the power of the other beasts was taken away:
and that times of life were appointed them for a time,
and time.
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.
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.
My spirit trembled, I Daniel was affrighted at these
things, and the visions of my head troubled me.
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:
These four great beasts are four kingdoms, which shall
arise out of the earth.
But the saints of the most high God shall take the kingdom:
and they shall possess the kingdom for ever and ever.
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:
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.
I beheld, and lo, that horn made war against the saints,
and prevailed over them,
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.
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.
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.
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.
And judgment shall sit, that his power may be taken
away, and be broken in pieces, and perish even to the
end.
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.
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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