9. From one of them a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.
10. It grew as high as the heavenly host, made some of the stars and some of the host fall to the earth, and trampled them.
11. It made itself great, even up to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.
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,