Bible Verses

I, Daniel, reflected on the number of years, according to the scriptures, before Jerusalem would be left in ruins. The Lord told the prophet Jeremiah about seventy years.

Third: The Seventy Weeks During the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was king of Chaldea, the following occurred.

I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for several days. Then I got up to attend to the king’s affairs. I remained frightened because of the vision and did not understand it.

What I said about the vision of the mornings and evenings is true, but keep the vision secret, for it will only be fulfilled in the distant future.

He will carry out his deceptions, be believed by many, and, in the fullness of peace, will destroy many. He will even rise against the Prince of princes, but he will be destroyed without any human hand intervening.

His power will grow so much that he will scheme unprecedented plans. Whatever he undertakes shall prosper; he shall destroy the powerful, and the very people of the holy ones.

At the end of their reign, when the sinners have reached their full measure, a king will arise, arrogant and clever in deceit.

and the four horns that grew in its place are four kingdoms that will rise from his nation but will not overpower him.

The hairy he-goat is the king of Greece; the large horn between its eyes is the first of its kings. When this horn snapped,

The ram you saw, with its two horns, represents the two kings of the Medes and the Persians.