9. “Out of one of them came forth a small horn, which grew extremely large to the south and the east, and toward the beautiful land.
10. It grew as high as the host of heaven and hurled some of the host and the stars down to the earth and trampled them.
11. It set itself up to be as great as the Prince of the host. It took away from him the daily offering and the place of his sanctuary was thrown down.
12. The host was given over along with the daily sacrifice, in the course of its rebellion. It will hurl truth to the ground and prosper in what it does.
13. “Then I heard a holy one speaking and another holy one said to the one who was speaking, ‘How long will the vision last, the daily sacrifice be forsaken because of rebellion, the sanctuary be surrendered and the host be trampled?’
14. Then he said to me: ‘For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be vindicated.’
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.