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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]

4 The first one was like a lion but had the wings of an eagle. But as I watched, its wings were torn off, and it was lifted up and made to stand on two feet like a man, and then it was given a human mind.[ref]
5 The second creature resembled a bear with one arm raised. It was chomping on three ribs and it was told to go and gorge itself on more meat.
6 Next I saw another creature that resembled a leopard, but with four wings (like birds’ wings) attached to its back, and with four heads. It was given the authority to rule people.
7 The final creature that I saw in the vision was dreadful and terrifying. It was extremely strong with large iron teeth and it was devouring things then trampling and crushing the remainder. Another difference from the other creatures was that it had ten horns on its head.[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]

7:3: Rev 13:1; 17:8.

7:4-6: Rev 13:2.

7:7: Rev 12:3; 13:1; 17:3.

7:8,11: Rev 13:5.

7:9: a Rev 20:4; b Rev 1:14.

7:10: a Rev 5:11; b Rev 20:12.

7:13: Mat 24:30; 26:64; Mrk 13:26; 14:62; Luk 21:27; Rev 1:7,13; 14:14.

7:14: Rev 11:15.

7 in_year one of_Bēləshaʼʦʦr the _king _of Bāⱱel Dāniyy^ʼēl a _dream he _saw and_visions _of mind _of_his on bed _of_his in_then the_dream he _wrote [the]_head _of matters he _said.
2 Dāniyy^ʼēl [was]_replying and_saying(ms) seeing I _was in/on/at/with_vision _of_my with the_night and_see the _four the _winds _of the_heavens [were]_stirring _up to_sea_the great_the.
3 And_four beasts great [were]_coming _up from sea_the [they _were]_different this _[one] from this _[one].
4 First_the like_lion and_wings (diy)_of an _eagle had_it seeing I _was until that they _were _plucked _off wings _of_its and_lifted _up away _from ground_the and_on two _feet like_man it _was _made _to _stand and_mind _of a _human it _was _given to_it.
5 And_see a _beast another a _second [was]_like to_bear and_on_side one it _was _raised and_three ribs in/on/at/with_mouth _of_its between teeth _of_its[fn] and_thus/so/as _follows [they _were]_saying to_it arise devour flesh much.
6 After this seeing I _was and_see another like_leopard and_had_it wings four (diy)_of a _bird [were]_on back _of_its[fn] and_four heads had_beast_the and_dominion it _was _given to_it.
7 After this seeing I _was in/on/at/with_visions _of the_night and_see a _beast fourth[fn] [was]_terrible and_dreadful and_strong exceedingly and_teeth (diy)_of iron had_it great [it _was]_devouring and_crushed and_remainder_the in/on/at/with_feet _of_its[fn] [it _was]_trampling and_she [was]_different from all _of beasts_the which before_it and_horns ten had_it.
8 Considering I _was in/on/at/with_horns_the and_see a _horn another small it _came _up among_them[fn] and_three of horns_the first_the they _were _uprooted[fn] from before_it[fn] and_see eyes like_eyes _of human_a in/on/at/with_horn_the this and_mouth speaking great _[things].
9 Seeing I _was until that thrones they _were _placed and_ancient _of days he _sat clothing _of_his like_snow [was]_white and_hair _of head _of_his like_wool [was]_pure throne _of_his [was]_flames (diy)_of fire wheels _of_its [were]_fire burning.
10 A _river (diy)_of fire [was]_flowing and_coming _out from before_his a _thousand _of thousands[fn] served_him and_ten _thousand _of myriads[fn] before_him they _were _standing court_the it _sat and_books they _were _opened.
11 Seeing I _was in_then from the _sound _of words_the boastful_the which horn_the [was]_speaking seeing I _was until that it _was _killed beast_the and_destroyed body _of_its and_given _over to_burning _of fire.
12 And_rest _of beasts_the they _removed dominion _of_their and_extension in/on/at/with_life it _was _given to_them until a _time and_time.
13 Seeing I _was in/on/at/with_visions _of the_night and_see with the _clouds _of the_heavens like_son _of man coming he _was and_unto the _[one]_ancient _of the_days he _reached and_before_him presented_him.
14 And_to_him dominion it _was _given and_glory/honour and_kingdom and_all/each/any/every peoples_the nations_the and_language_the to_him/it they _will _pay _reverence dominion _of_his [was]_a _dominion _of perpetuity which not it _will _pass _away and_kingdom _of_his which not it _will _be _destroyed.

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

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Prophets of the Old Testament after 800 B.C.

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?

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Daniel’s vision of four creatures

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