11. Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army; and it took away from him the continual burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
12. The army was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through disobedience; and it cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered.
13. Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, How long shall be the vision about the continual burnt offering, and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot?
14. He said to me, To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
15. When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; and behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
16. I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
17. So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.
18. Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
19. He said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
20. The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
21. The rough male goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22. As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
23. In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
24. His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper in what he does; and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.
25. Through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and he shall destroy many in their security. He shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
26. The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true: but seal up the vision; for it belongs to many days to come.
27. I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king’s business: and I wondered at the vision, but no one understood it.