5 As I was considering, behold, a ^ymale goat came from the west across the face of the whole earth, without touching the ground. And the goat had ^ya conspicuous horn between his eyes. 6 He came to ^zthe ram with the two horns, which I had seen standing on the bank of the canal, ^aand he ran at him in his powerful wrath. 7 I saw him come close to the ram, ^band he was enraged against him and struck the ram and broke his two horns. ^cAnd the ram had no power to stand before him, but he ^dcast him down to the ground and trampled on him. And there was no one who could rescue the ram from his power. 8 Then ^ythe goat ^ebecame exceedingly great, but when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and instead of it there came up four ^fconspicuous horns toward ^fthe four winds of heaven.

20 As for ⁱthe ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of ^jMedia and Persia. 21 And ^kthe goat¹ is the king of Greece. And ^kthe great horn between his eyes is ^lthe first king. 22 ^mAs for the horn that was broken, in place of which four others arose, four kingdoms shall arise from his² nation, ⁿbut not with his power.

2 “And now I will show you ^vthe truth. Behold, three more kings shall arise in Persia, and a fourth shall be far richer than all of them. And when he has become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece. 3 Then ^wa mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion and ^xdo as he wills. 4 And as soon as he has arisen, ^yhis kingdom shall be broken and divided ^ytoward the ^zfour winds of heaven, but ^anot to his posterity, nor according to the authority with which he ruled, for his kingdom shall be plucked up and go to others besides these.