Daniel 8:1-7

1In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me, 1Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me 2previously. 2I 3looked in the vision, and while I was looking, I was in the citadel of 4Susa, which is in the province of 5Elam; and I looked in the vision, and I myself was beside the Ulai Canal. 3Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a 6ram which had two horns was standing in front of the canal. Now the two horns were 7long, but one was 8longer than the other, with the 9longer one coming up last. 4I saw the ram 10butting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand against him nor was there anyone to rescue from his 11power, but 12he did as he pleased and made himself great.

5While I was observing, behold, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground; and the goat had a 13prominent horn between his eyes. 6He came up to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing in front of the canal, and rushed at him in his mighty wrath. 7And I saw him come up beside the ram, and he was enraged at him; and he struck the ram and smashed his two horns, and the ram had no strength to withstand him. So he hurled him to the ground and trampled on him, and there was no one to rescue the ram from his 14power.