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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Daniel 8 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/daniel/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/daniel/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Daniel 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../daniel/7.htm" title="Daniel 7">◄</a> Daniel 8 <a href="../daniel/9.htm" title="Daniel 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/daniel/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Daniel’s Vision of a Ram and Goat</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>During the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, I, Daniel, saw another vision, following the one that had already appeared to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>In this vision I was at the fortress of Susa, in the province of Elam, standing beside the Ulai River.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>As I looked up, I saw a ram with two long horns standing beside the river.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> One of the horns was longer than the other, even though it had grown later than the other one. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The ram butted everything out of his way to the west, to the north, and to the south, and no one could stand against him or help his victims. He did as he pleased and became very great.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>While I was watching, suddenly a male goat appeared from the west, crossing the land so swiftly that he didn’t even touch the ground. This goat, which had one very large horn between its eyes, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>headed toward the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the river, rushing at him in a rage. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The goat charged furiously at the ram and struck him, breaking off both his horns. Now the ram was helpless, and the goat knocked him down and trampled him. No one could rescue the ram from the goat’s power.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The goat became very powerful. But at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off. In the large horn’s place grew four prominent horns pointing in the four directions of the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then from one of the prominent horns came a small horn whose power grew very great. It extended toward the south and the east and toward the glorious land of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Its power reached to the heavens, where it attacked the heavenly army, throwing some of the heavenly beings and some of the stars to the ground and trampling them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>It even challenged the Commander of heaven’s army by canceling the daily sacrifices offered to him and by destroying his Temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The army of heaven was restrained from responding to this rebellion. So the daily sacrifice was halted, and truth was overthrown. The horn succeeded in everything it did.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then I heard two holy ones talking to each other. One of them asked, “How long will the events of this vision last? How long will the rebellion that causes desecration stop the daily sacrifices? How long will the Temple and heaven’s army be trampled on?”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The other replied, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the Temple will be made right again.”</p><p class="hdg">Gabriel Explains the Vision</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, someone who looked like a man stood in front of me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And I heard a human voice calling out from the Ulai River, “Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of his vision.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then he said, “I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. What you have seen pertains to the very end of time. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The two-horned ram represents the kings of Media and Persia. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The shaggy male goat represents the king of Greece,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king of the Greek Empire. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The four prominent horns that replaced the one large horn show that the Greek Empire will break into four kingdoms, but none as great as the first.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“At the end of their rule, when their sin is at its height, a fierce king, a master of intrigue, will rise to power. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause a shocking amount of destruction and succeed in everything he does. He will destroy powerful leaders and devastate the holy people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He will be a master of deception and will become arrogant; he will destroy many without warning. He will even take on the Prince of princes in battle, but he will be broken, though not by human power.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“This vision about the 2,300 evenings and mornings<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> is true. But none of these things will happen for a long time, so keep this vision a secret.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for several days. Afterward I got up and performed my duties for the king, but I was greatly troubled by the vision and could not understand it.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:1 </span><span class="ft">The original text from this point through chapter 12 is in Hebrew. See note at 2:4.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">the Ulai Gate;</span><span class="ft"> also in 8:16.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">the gate;</span><span class="ft"> also in 8:6.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:11-12 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for these verses is uncertain.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:21 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">of Javan.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:26 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">about the evenings and mornings;</span><span class="ft"> compare 8:14.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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