15. “Now it happened that while I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, behold, standing before me was one with the appearance of a man.
16. Then I heard a human voice coming from between the banks of the Ulai, calling out saying, ‘Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.’
17. “He came near to where I was standing, and as he approached I was terrified and fell on my face. But he said to me, ‘Son of man, understand that the vision pertains 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. But he touched me and stood me up,
19. and said: ‘Behold, I am going to inform you about what will happen later in the 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 buck, the male goat, is the king of Greece; and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
22. The four horns that replaced the one that was broken represent four kingdoms that will arise from this nation, though not with its power.
23. “‘Now toward the end of their reign, when the measure of transgressions is completed, a stern-faced king, a master of intrigue, will arise.