In this<n id="1" /> vision I saw myself in Susa<n id="2" /> the citadel,<n id="3" /> which is located in the province of Elam. In the vision I saw myself at the Ulai Canal.<n id="4" />

Then compare our appearance<n id="1" /> with that of<n id="2" /> the young men who are eating the royal delicacies;<n id="3" /> deal with us<n id="4" /> in light of what you see.&#8221;

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">In the third year<n id="2" /> of King Belshazzar&#8217;s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously.<n id="3" />

The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia.

<p class="bodytext">Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it.<n id="1" /> On the contrary, they were overcome with fright<n id="2" /> and ran away to hide.

<p class="bodytext">At the end of the ten days their appearance was better and their bodies were healthier<n id="1" /> than all the young men who had been eating the royal delicacies.

I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal<n id="1" /> was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power.<n id="2" /> It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly.<n id="3" />p>

It came to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed against it with raging strength.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me.

yes, while I was still praying,<n id="1" /> the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously<n id="2" /> in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness,<n id="3" /> around the time of the evening offering.

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" />

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

But he<n id="1" /> responded to Daniel, &#8220;I fear my master the king. He is the one who has decided<n id="2" /> your food and drink. What would happen if he saw that you looked malnourished in comparison to the other young men your age?<n id="3" /> If that happened,<n id="4" /> you would endanger my life<n id="5" /> with the king!&#8221;

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.

I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram<n id="1" /> and struck it<n id="2" /> and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it.<n id="3" /> The goat hurled the ram<n id="4" /> to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power.<n id="5" />

Listen attentively,<n id="1" /> my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins<n id="2" /> and the city called by your name.<n id="3" /> For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you,<n id="4" /> but because your compassion is abundant.

I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from<n id="1" /> me, and my vigor disappeared;<n id="2" /> I was without energy.<n id="3" />