1. In the third year of King Belshazzar’s rule, a vision came to me, Daniel, some time after the earlier vision I had.
2. I saw this vision, and as I experienced it I was in the walled city of Susa in the province of Elam, by the Ulai canal.
3. When I lifted my eyes, I suddenly saw a ram with two horns standing in front of the canal. Both horns were high, but one was higher than the other. The higher one came up after the other one.
4. I saw the ram goring west, north, and south. No animal could resist the ram, and no one could stop it, rescuing others from its power. The ram did whatever it pleased. It became powerful.
5. I was trying to understand this when suddenly a he-goat came from the west, crossing the entire earth but not touching the ground. Between this goat’s eyes was a horn that was a sight to see.