17 And he came beside where I was standing, and when he came I became terrified and I fell prostrate on my face. And he said to me, “Understand, son of man, that the vision is for the time of the end.”
18 And when he spoke with me I fell into a trance with my face to the ground, and he touched me and made me stand on by feet.
19 And he said, “Look, I am making known to you what will happen in the period of wrath, for it refers to the appointed time of the end.
20 “The ram that you saw who had two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.
21 “And the hairy he-goat is the kingdom of Greece, and the great horn that is between his eyes—he is the first king.
22 And the horn that was broken, and then there arose four horns in place of it—these are four kingdoms that will arise from his nation, but not with his power.
23 And at the end of their kingdom, when the transgressions are completed, a king will arise, fierce in countenance and skilled in riddles.