12. Because of rebellion, a host, together with the daily sacrifice, will be given over. The horn will throw truth to the ground and will be successful in whatever it does.
13. Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the speaker, “How long will the events of this vision last — the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled? ”
14. He said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be restored.”
15. While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me someone who appeared to be a man.
16. I heard a human voice calling from the middle of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”
17. So he approached where I was standing; when he came near, I was terrified and fell facedown. “Son of man,” he said to me, “understand that the vision refers to the time of the end.”
18. While he was speaking to me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, made me stand up,
19. and said, “I am here to tell you what will happen at the conclusion of the time of wrath, because it refers to the appointed time of the end.
20. The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
21. The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king.
22. The four horns that took the place of the shattered horn represent four kingdoms. They will rise from that nation, but without its power.