17. And he came and stood near where I stood: and when he was come, I fell on my face trembling, and he said to me: Understand, O son of man, for in the time of the end the vision shall be fulfilled.
18. And when he spoke to me I fell flat on the ground: and he touched me, and set me upright,
19. And he said to me: I will shew thee what things are to come to pass in the end of the malediction: for the time hath its end.
20. The ram, which thou sawest with horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.