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In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream
and penned the sum of the matters.
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Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven fought the great sea.
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And four great beasts came up from the sea, different one from another.
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The first
was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings; I beheld until the its wings were plucked off, and it was removed from the earth, and it stood up on its feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
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And behold the second beast, like unto a bear, which went off to one side, and
it had three ribs between its teeth; and thus was said unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
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After this I beheld, and behold another, like a tiger, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; this beast also had four heads; and power was given to it.
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After this I saw in the night visions, and behold the fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and trod down that which was left with its feet; and it was very different from all the beasts that had been before her; and it had ten horns.
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As I was considering the horns, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom three of the first horns were plucked up
by the roots; and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking grand things.
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I beheld until thrones were placed, and an Elder of great age did sit, whose garment
was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool: his throne
a flame of fire, his wheels burning fire.
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A river of fire issued and came forth from before him; thousands of thousands served him, and ten thousands of ten thousands stood before him; the Judge sat down, and the books were opened.
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I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke; I beheld
even until the beast was slain and its body was undone and given over to be burned in the fire.