<p class="bodytext">From one of them came a small horn.<n id="1" /> But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river.<n id="1" />

Now Daniel lived on until the first<n id="1" /> year of Cyrus the king.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the first year of Darius<n id="1" /> son of Ahasuerus,<n id="2" /> who was of Median descent and who had been<n id="3" /> appointed king over the Babylonian<n id="4" /> empire &#8211;

And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I<n id="1" /> stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)

I looked up<n id="1" /> and saw<n id="2" /> a<n id="3" /> ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long,<n id="4" /> but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

<p class="bodytext">Then I heard a holy one<n id="1" /> speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, &#8220;To what period of time does the vision pertain &#8211; this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?&#8221;

However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia was opposing me for twenty-one days. But<n id="1" /> Michael, one of the leading princes, came to help me, because I was left there<n id="2" /> with the kings of Persia.

I looked up<n id="1" /> and saw a<n id="2" /> man<n id="3" /> clothed in linen;<n id="4" /> around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz.<n id="5" />

However, I will first tell you what is written in a dependable book.<n id="1" /> (There is no one who strengthens me against these princes,<n id="2" /> except Michael your<n id="3" /> prince.

There will arise after him<n id="1" /> one<n id="2" /> who will send out an exactor<n id="3" /> of tribute to enhance the splendor of the kingdom, but after a few days he will be destroyed,<n id="4" /> though not in anger or battle.p>

These two kings, their minds<n id="1" /> filled with evil intentions, will trade<n id="2" /> lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.

in the first year of his reign<n id="1" /> I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books<n id="2" /> that, according to the word of the <sc>LORDsc><n id="3" /> disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem<n id="4" /> were seventy in number.

<p class="poetry">He will confirm a covenant with many for one week.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">But in the middle of that weekp> <p class="poetry">he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt.p> <p class="poetry">On the wing<n id="2" /> of abominations will come<n id="3" /> one who destroys,p> <p class="poetry">until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.&#8221;p>