Book 35 : KETUVIM - DANIEL - Chapter 007
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In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had
a dream and visions of his head upon his bed; then he wrote the dream and told
the sum of the matters
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Daniel spoke and said: I saw in my vision by night, and,
behold, the four winds of the heaven broke forth upon the great sea
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And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one
from another
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The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings; I beheld
till the wings thereof were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the earth,
and made stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it
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And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it
raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its
teeth; and it was said thus unto it: 'Arise, devour much flesh.
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After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which
had upon the sides of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads;
and dominion was given to it
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After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth
beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron
teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten
horns
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I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among
them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were
plucked up by the roots; and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a
man, and a mouth speaking great things
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I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient
of days did sit: his raiment was as white snow, and the hair of his head like
pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire
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A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him;
thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand
stood before him; the judgment was set, and the books were opened
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I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great
words which the horn spoke, I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body
destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire
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And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was
taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time
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I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there came with
the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the Ancient
of days, and he was brought near before Him
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And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a
kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his
dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom
that which shall not be destroyed
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As for me Daniel, my spirit was pained in the midst of my
body, and the visions of my head affrighted me
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I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him
the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made me know the
interpretation of the things
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'These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that
shall arise out of the earth
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But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom,
and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
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Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth
beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were
of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped
the residue with its feet
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and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and
the other horn which came up, and before which three fell; even that horn that
had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose appearance was greater than
that of its fellows
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I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and
prevailed against them
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until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given for
the saints of the Most High; and the time came, and the saints possessed the
kingdom
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Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom
upon earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the
whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces
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And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten
kings arise; and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from
the former, and he shall put down three kings
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And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall
wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the seasons
and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and
half a time
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But the judgment shall sit, and his dominions shall be
taken away, to be consumed and to be destroy unto the end
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And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the
kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of
the Most High; their kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall
serve and obey them.
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Here is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my
thoughts much affrighted me, and my countenance was changed in me; but I kept
the matter in my heart
Book 35 : KETUVIM - DANIEL - Chapter 007
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