1In the third year of the royalty of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the vision that had appeared to me at the beginning.2I saw in the vision, and when I looked I was in Susa, the palace that is in the province of Elam, and I saw in the vision while I was beside the river Ulai.3I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a ram standing before the river; it had horns, and the horns were high, with one higher than the other, and the higher one rising last.4I saw the ram charging westward, northward, and southward, and no living thing could stand before it, and none could rescue from its hand; it acted according to its will and became great.5While I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west across the face of the whole land without touching the ground, and the goat had a conspicuous horn between its eyes.6It came to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and charged at it in the rage of its strength.7I saw it reach the ram; it was enraged against it, struck the ram, broke its two horns, and the ram had no strength to stand before it; the goat threw it to the ground and trampled it, and no one rescued the ram from its hand.8The male goat became very great, but when it was strong the great horn was broken, and in its place four horns arose toward the four winds of heaven.9Out of one of them came a little horn that grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the beautiful land.10It grew as high as the host of heaven; it threw some of the host and some of the stars down to the land and trampled them.11It even magnified itself against the ruler of the host; the regular burnt offering was taken away, and the foundation of his sanctuary was overthrown.12Because of transgression the host was given over along with the regular burnt offering; truth was cast down to the ground, and the horn acted and prospered.13Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one who was speaking, How long will the vision concerning the regular burnt offering, the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and host to be trampled?14He said to me, For two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be restored.