8 LES
8:1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared, which I, Daniel, saw after I saw the previous one.
8:2 Then I observed in the vision of my dream. When I was in the city Susa, which is in the province of the Elamites, while I was still by the Gate of Elam,
8:3 when I looked up, I saw a large ram standing before the gate, and it had horns, and the horns were lifted up, and one was higher than the other one, and the higher one was continuing to grow higher.
8:4 And after these things I observed the ram as it pushed toward the east and toward the north and toward the west and the south. And all the wild beasts did not stand behind it, and there was no one to deliver them from its hands. And it continued to do as it desired, and it was highly exalted.
8:5 And I was giving my attention to this, and behold, a he-goat from among the goats began to come from the west over the face of the earth, and there was on the he-goat one notable horn in between its eyes.
8:6 Then it came up to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing by the gate, and it ran toward it with fierce anger.
8:7 And I watched it approach against the ram, and it was enraged against it, and it smote the ram and shattered its two horns, and no longer was there any strength left in the ram to stand up against the he-goat. And it smote it upon the ground and crushed it, and there was no one to deliver the ram from the he-goat.
8:8 Then the he-goat from among the goats prevailed exceedingly, and when it had grown powerful, its great horn was broken, and four different horns came up after it toward the four winds of heaven.
Jeremiah 25:14-19 LES version.
14 What Jeremiah prophesied against the nations of Elam.
15 This is what the Lord says: “The bow of Elam has been broken, the power of their sovereignty.
16 And I will bring the four winds from the four edges of the sky against Elam, and I will scatter them among all these winds, and there will be no nation to which those who were thrust out of Elam will not come.
17 And I will terrify them before their enemies who seek their life. And I will bring bad things upon them, according to the wrath of my anger, and I will send my sword after them until they are consumed.
18 And I will set my throne in Elam, and from there I will send a king and nobles.
19 And this will happen in the end of days: I will also bring back the captivity of Elam,” says the Lord.
8:9 Then out of one of them sprang up a strong horn, and it exercised power and smote to the south and to the east and to the north.
8:10 And it was exalted up to the stars of heaven, and it was thrown down upon the earth among the stars, and some of them were trampled down.
8:11 until the commander-in-chief will rescue the captives. And on account of him the ancient landmarks were thrown down, and the location of them and their sacrifice was taken away. And he put it to the ground upon the earth, and they prospered and succeeded, and the holy place will be made desolate.
8:12 And the sinful acts came to fruition against the offering of the daily sacrifice, and righteousness was thrown to the ground, and he proceeded to act, and he prospered.
8:13 And I was listening as another holy being was speaking, and another holy person said to the certain person who was speaking, “How long will the vision take place, and the offering taken away, and the sinful rebellion to desolation that has caused a surrender, and the holy things be given over to desolation to be profaned?”
8:14 And he responded to him, “During two thousand and three hundred days, evenings and mornings, and then the holy place will be cleansed.”
8:15 And it happened, while I, Daniel, was watching, I was trying to concentrate on the vision, and behold, there stood before me, as it were, an appearance of a man.
8:16 And I heard the voice of a man from the middle of the Ulai, and he summoned and told Gabriel, “Instruct that man concerning the vision!” And crying out the man said, “The prophetic vision is in response to this command.”
8:17 And he came and stood close by where I was standing. And while he was coming, I became bewildered and fell to my face. And he said to me, “Understand thoroughly, son of man, for this vision is yet for the duration of an appointed time.”
8:18 And as he was speaking with me, I fell asleep with my face to the ground, and when he touched me, he raised me upon that place.
8:19 And he said to me, “Look, I am announcing to you the things that will happen at the time of the end of the destructive wrath against the sons of your people. There remains yet for a period of an appointed time for the conclusion of these things.
8:20 The ram that you saw that had the horns represents the king of the Medes and of the Persians.
8:21 And the he-goat from the goats is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn between his eyes, he is the first king.
8:22 And when these have been shattered, after him will have arisen four horns. These are four kings from his nations who will arise, but not with their power.
8:23 And at the time of the end of their dominion, when their sins have been completed, there will arise a bold-faced king with his mind set on intrigue and deception.
8:24 And his might will be established, but not by his strength, and he will effect terrible destruction. And he will succeed and act and despoil mighty men, even the land of the holy people.
8:25 And his thoughts are against the holy ones, and he will succeed with deception in his hands, and his heart will be lifted up, and through deception he will get rid of many. And he will stand for the destruction of men, and he will act against the assembly of his dominion. But he will be stripped.
8:26 The vision concerning the evening and the morning was true. And now, shut up the vision, for it is yet for many days.”
8:27 I, Daniel, was weakened for many days. And after I arose, I began to busy myself again with royal business. Yet I was faint because of the vision, and there was no one who understood it.
