He spoke with me, instructing me as follows: “Daniel, I have now come to impart understanding to you.

But reports will trouble him from the east and north, and he will set out in a tremendous rage to destroy and wipe out many.

From one of them came a small horn. But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.

“Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with great power and made a name for yourself that is remembered to this day – we have sinned and behaved wickedly.

At the beginning of your requests a message went out, and I have come to convey it to you, for you are of great value in God’s sight. Therefore consider the message and understand the vision:

He said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Now I am about to return to engage in battle with the prince of Persia. When I go, the prince of Greece is coming.

“Then the king of the south will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand.