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| 7:1 |
In the first year of Belshaz'zar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, and told the sum of the matter.
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| 7:2 |
Daniel said, 'I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea.
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| 7:3 |
And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another.
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| 7:4 |
The first was like a lion and had eagles' wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand upon two feet like a man;and the mind of a man was given to it.
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| 7:5 |
And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side;it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth;and it was told, Arise, devour much flesh.'
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| 7:6 |
After this I looked, and lo, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back;and the beast had four heads;and dominion was given to it.
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| 7:7 |
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible and dreadful and exceedingly strong;and it had great iron teeth;it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it;and it had ten horns.
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| 7:8 |
I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots;and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
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| 7:9 |
As I looked, thrones were placed and one that was ancient of days took his seat;his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool;his throne was fiery flames, its wheels were burning fire.
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| 7:10 |
A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him;a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him;the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.
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| 7:11 |
I looked then because of the sound of the great words which the horn was speaking. And as I looked, the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire.
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| 7:12 |
As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
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| 7:13 |
I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
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| 7:14 |
And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him;his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
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| 7:15 |
'As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious and the visions of my head alarmed me.
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| 7:16 |
I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made known to me the interpretation of the things.
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| 7:17 |
These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth.
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| 7:18 |
But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, for ever and ever.'
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| 7:19 |
'Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrible, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze;and which devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
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| 7:20 |
and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up and before which three of them fell, the horn which had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and which seemed greater than its fellows.
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| 7:21 |
As I looked, this horn made war with the saints, and prevailed over them,
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| 7:22 |
until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints received the kingdom.
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| 7:23 |
'Thus he said: As for the fourth beast, there shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and it shall devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it to pieces.
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| 7:24 |
As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise, and another shall arise after them;he shall be different from the former ones, and shall put down three kings.
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| 7:25 |
He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law;and they shall be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time.
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| 7:26 |
But the court shall sit in judgment, and his dominion shall be taken away, to be consumed and destroyed to the end.
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| 7:27 |
And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High;their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them.'
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| 7:28 |
'Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly alarmed me, and my color changed;but I kept the matter in my mind.'
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