17. So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. Then he said to me, “Understand, son of man, that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”
18. As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright.
19. Then he said, “I am going to inform you about what will happen in the latter time of wrath, for the vision pertains to the appointed time of the end.
20. The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia.
21. The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.
22. The horn that was broken and in whose place there arose four others stands for four kingdoms that will arise from his nation, though they will not have his strength.