17 He then came near where I stood. And when he came I feared and I fell on my face, but he said to me, “Understand, son of man, for the vision is for the time of the end.”
18 And, as he was speaking with me, I fell stunned upon my face to the ground, but he touched me, and made me stand up straight,
19 and said, “Look, I am making known to you what shall take place in the latter time of the wrath, for at the appointed time shall be the end.
20 “The ram which you saw, having two horns, are the sovereigns of Media and Persia.
21 “And the male goat is the sovereign of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first sovereign.
22 “And that it was broken and four stood up in its place: are four rulerships arising out of that nation, but not in its power.
23 “And in the latter time of their rule, when the transgressors have filled up their measure, a sovereign, fierce of face and skilled at intrigues, shall stand up.