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7:1 Daniel’s vision of four creatures
7 Previously, in Babylonian King Belshatstsar’s first year, Daniel had seen a dream and visions in his mind while lying on his bed. Then he wrote the dream down and gave a summary of it. 2 He explained:
In my vision at night I was looking, and suddenly, the four winds were stirring up the massive ocean, 3 and four huge creatures, each one different from the other, were coming up out of it.[ref]
8 While I was considering the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among the others and three of the first horns that were in its way got pulled completely out. Incredibly, this new had eyes like a person and a mouth that had a lot of incredible things to say.[ref]
9 I kept looking in the vision while thrones were set up and the ancient one took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow, and his hair looked like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were burning fire.[ref] 10 A river of fire was coming out and flowing along in front of him. Thousands upon thousands served him, and myriads upon myriads were standing in front of him. The court sat in session and the documents were opened.[ref]
11 Then I continued looking because of the amazing things that the horn was saying. I kept looking until that final creature was killed and its body destroyed in the fire. 12 As for the other creatures, their authority to rule was taken away, but an extension of life was given to them for a season and a time.
13 I was looking in the visions of the night, and suddenly, someone like a human male was coming with the clouds, and he came to the ancient one and was presented to him.[ref] 14 He was given authority to rule and splendour and a kingdom, so that all the peoples, nations, and ethnic groups will serve him. His authority will never end, and his kingdom will never be destroyed.[ref]
7:5 Variant note: שני/ה: (x-qere) ’שִׁנַּ֑/הּ’: lemma_8128 n_1 morph_ANcfsc/Sp3fs id_27KbS שִׁנַּ֑/הּ
7:6 Variant note: גבי/ה: (x-qere) ’גַּבַּ֑/הּ’: lemma_1355 n_1 morph_ANcmsc/Sp3fs id_278Um גַּבַּ֑/הּ
7:7 Variant note: רביעיה: (x-qere) ’רְֽבִיעָאָ֡ה’: lemma_7244 n_1.2.1.1 morph_AAofsa id_27MpC רְֽבִיעָאָ֡ה
7:7 Variant note: ב/רגלי/ה: (x-qere) ’בְּ/רַגְלַ֣/הּ’: lemma_b/7271 morph_AR/Ncfsc/Sp3fs id_2786G בְּ/רַגְלַ֣/הּ
7:8 Variant note: ביני/הון: (x-qere) ’בֵּֽינֵי/הֵ֔ן’: lemma_997 n_1.2 morph_AR/Sp3fp id_27Tmi בֵּֽינֵי/הֵ֔ן
7:8 Variant note: אתעקרו: (x-qere) ’אֶתְעֲקַ֖רָה’: lemma_6132 n_1.0 morph_AVip3mp id_27gBP אֶתְעֲקַ֖רָה
7:8 Variant note: קדמי/ה: (x-qere) ’קֳדָמַ֑/הּ’: lemma_6925 n_1 morph_AR/Sp3fs id_271kz קֳדָמַ֑/הּ
7:10 Variant note: אלפים: (x-qere) ’אַלְפִין֙’: lemma_506 n_1.1.0 morph_AAcmpa id_27nt9 אַלְפִין֙
7:10 Variant note: רבון: (x-qere) ’רִבְבָ֖ן’: lemma_7240 n_1.0 morph_AAcfpa id_27dSA רִבְבָ֖ן
If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.
• Zechariah (796 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 24:20] => Jerusalem
• Jonah (780 B.C.) [2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1] => Gath-hepher, Nineveh
• Hosea (770 B.C.) [Hosea 1:1] => Samaria?
• Amos (760 B.C.) [Amos 1:1] => Bethel
• Isaiah (730 B.C.) [2 Kings 19:2; 20:1; 2 Chronicles 26:22; 32:20, 32; Isaiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Micah (730 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1] => Moresheth
• Nahum (650 B.C.) [Nahum 1:1] => Elkosh (Capernaum?)
• Zephaniah (630 B.C.) [Zephaniah 1:1] => Jerusalem?
• Huldah (630 B.C.) [2 Kings 22:14] => Jerusalem
• Habakkuk (600 B.C.) [Habakkuk 1:1; 3:1] => Jerusalem?
• Ezekiel (592 B.C.) [Ezekiel 1:3] => Babylonia/Chebar River
• Uriah (600 B.C.) [Jeremiah 26:20] => Kiriath-jearim
• Jeremiah (587 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 36:12; Jeremiah 1:1; 19:14] => Jerusalem
• Obadiah (586 B.C.) [Obadiah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Daniel (560 B.C.) [Daniel 7:1; Matthew 24:15] => Babylon
• Haggai (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Haggai 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Zechariah (520 B.C.) [Ezra 5:1; Zechariah 1:1] => Jerusalem
• Malachi (432 B.C.) [Malachi 1:1] => Jerusalem?