then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
007:002 Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold,
the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea.
007:003 Four great animals came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
007:004 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings:
I saw until the wings of it were plucked, and it was lifted
up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man;
and a man's heart was given to it.
007:005 Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up
on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth:
and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.
007:006 After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had
on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads;
and dominion was given to it.
007:007 After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth
animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly;
and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke
in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet:
and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it;
and it had ten horns.
007:008 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among
them another horn, a little one, before which three
of the first horns were plucked up by the roots:
and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man,
and a mouth speaking great things.
007:009 I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat:
his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head
like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, [and] the wheels
of it burning fire.
007:010 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him:
thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand
times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set,
and the books were opened.
007:011 I saw at that time because of the voice of the great words
which the horn spoke; I saw even until the animal was slain,
and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.
007:012 As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away:
yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
007:013 I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds
of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient
of days, and they brought him near before him.
007:014 There was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom,
that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him:
his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
007:015 As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body,
and the visions of my head troubled me.
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