18. As he spoke to me, I fell forward unconscious; he touched me and made me stand up.
19. “I will show you,” he said, “what is to happen in the last days of wrath; for it is for the appointed time of the end.
20. “The two-horned ram you saw represents the kings of the Medes and Persians.
21. The he-goat is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn on its forehead is the first king.
22. The four that rose in its place when it was shattered are four kingdoms that will issue from his nation, but without his strength.
23. “At the end of their reign,when sinners have reached their measure,There shall arise a king,impudent, and skilled in intrigue.
24. He shall be strong and powerful,bring about fearful ruin,and succeed in his undertaking.He shall destroy powerful peoples;
25. his cunning shall be against the holy ones,his treacherous conduct shall succeed.He shall be proud of heartand destroy many by stealth.But when he rises against the Prince of princes,he shall be broken without a hand being raised.