Daniel 8:3

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I looked up and saw a ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one.

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  • Dan 8:20 : 20 The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia.
  • Dan 10:5 : 5 I looked up and saw a man clothed in linen; around his waist was a belt made of gold from Ufaz.
  • Zech 1:18 : 18 Vision Two: The Four Horns(2:1) Once again I looked and this time I saw four horns.
  • Zech 2:1 : 1 Vision Three: The Surveyor(2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
  • Zech 5:1 : 1 Vision Six: The Flying Scroll Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll!
  • Zech 5:5 : 5 Vision Seven: The Ephah After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said,“Look, see what is leaving.”
  • Zech 5:9 : 9 Then I looked again and saw two women going forth with the wind in their wings(they had wings like those of a stork) and they lifted up the basket between the earth and the sky.
  • Zech 6:1 : 1 Vision Eight: The Chariots Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze.
  • Num 24:2 : 2 When Balaam lifted up his eyes, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
  • Josh 5:13 : 13 Israel Conquers Jericho When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”
  • 1 Chr 21:16 : 16 David looked up and saw the LORD’s angel standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
  • Ezra 1:2 : 2 “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says:“‘The LORD God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
  • Ezra 4:5 : 5 They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius of Persia.
  • Esth 1:3 : 3 in the third year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army of Persia and Media was present, as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.
  • Isa 13:17 : 17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.
  • Isa 21:2 : 2 I have received a distressing message:“The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!”
  • Isa 44:28 : 28 who commissions Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd to carry out all my wishes and to decree concerning Jerusalem,‘She will be rebuilt,’ and concerning the temple,‘It will be reconstructed.’”
  • Jer 51:11 : 11 “Sharpen your arrows! Fill your quivers! The LORD will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media. For he intends to destroy Babylonia. For that is how the LORD will get his revenge– how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians’ destruction of his temple.
  • Dan 2:39 : 39 Now after you another kingdom will arise, one inferior to yours. Then a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule in all the earth.
  • Dan 5:31 : 31 (6:1) So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.
  • Dan 6:28 : 28 So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
  • Dan 7:5 : 5 “Then a second beast appeared, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and there were three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told,‘Get up and devour much flesh!’

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  • Dan 8:4-9
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    4I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power. It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly.

    5While I was contemplating all this, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of all the land without touching the ground. This goat had a conspicuous horn between its eyes.

    6It came to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed against it with raging strength.

    7I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram and struck it and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it. The goat hurled the ram to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power.

    8The male goat acted even more arrogantly. But no sooner had the large horn become strong than it was broken, and there arose four conspicuous horns in its place, extending toward the four winds of the sky.

    9From one of them came a small horn. But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.

  • Dan 8:15-23
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    15An Angel Interprets Daniel’s Vision While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me.

    16Then I heard a human voice coming from between the banks of the Ulai. It called out,“Gabriel, enable this person to understand the vision.”

    17So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. Then he said to me,“Understand, son of man, that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

    18As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright.

    19Then he said,“I am going to inform you about what will happen in the latter time of wrath, for the vision pertains to the appointed time of the end.

    20The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia.

    21The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.

    22The horn that was broken and in whose place there arose four others stands for four kingdoms that will arise from his nation, though they will not have his strength.

    23Toward the end of their rule, when rebellious acts are complete, a rash and deceitful king will arise.

  • Dan 8:1-2
    2 verses
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    1Daniel Has a Vision of a Goat and a Ram In the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously.

    2In this vision I saw myself in Susa the citadel, which is located in the province of Elam. In the vision I saw myself at the Ulai Canal.

  • Zech 1:18-19
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    77%

    18Vision Two: The Four Horns(2:1) Once again I looked and this time I saw four horns.

    19So I asked the angelic messenger who spoke with me,“What are these?” He replied,“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

  • Dan 7:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6“After these things, as I was watching, another beast like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back. This beast had four heads, and ruling authority was given to it.

    7“After these things, as I was watching in the night visions a fourth beast appeared– one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. It had two large rows of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.

    8“As I was contemplating the horns, another horn– a small one– came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things.

  • Dan 7:20-21
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    20I also wanted to know the meaning of the ten horns on its head, and of that other horn which came up and before which three others fell. This was the horn that had eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things, whose appearance was more formidable than the others.

    21While I was watching, that horn began to wage war against the holy ones and was defeating them,

  • Dan 10:5
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    5I looked up and saw a man clothed in linen; around his waist was a belt made of gold from Ufaz.

  • Dan 12:5
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    5I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river.

  • Dan 11:1-3
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    1And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)

    2Now I will tell you the truth.The Angel Gives a Message to Daniel“Three more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth king will be unusually rich, more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

    3Then a powerful king will arise, exercising great authority and doing as he pleases.

  • Dan 7:11
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    11“Then I kept on watching because of the arrogant words of the horn that was speaking. I was watching until the beast was killed and its body destroyed and thrown into the flaming fire.

  • Rev 13:11
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    11Then I saw another beast coming up from the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but was speaking like a dragon.

  • Dan 7:2-4
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    68%

    2Daniel explained:“I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea.

    3Then four large beasts came up from the sea; they were different from one another.

    4“The first one was like a lion with eagles’ wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off and it was lifted up from the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human being, and a human mind was given to it.

  • Zech 1:21
    68%

    21I asked,“What are these going to do?” He answered,“These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen. But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah’s enemies and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.”

  • Dan 10:1
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    1An Angel Appears to Daniel In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel(who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.

  • Zech 6:1
    67%

    1Vision Eight: The Chariots Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze.

  • Zech 4:2
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    2He asked me,“What do you see?” I replied,“I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top. There are seven lamps at the top, with seven pipes going to the lamps.

  • Dan 7:16-17
    2 verses
    67%

    16I approached one of those standing nearby and asked him about the meaning of all this. So he spoke with me and revealed to me the interpretation of the vision:

    17‘These large beasts, which are four in number, represent four kings who will arise from the earth.

  • Dan 4:23
    67%

    23As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying,‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him’–

  • Dan 4:20
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    20The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen in all the land,

  • Ezek 8:4
    66%

    4Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley.

  • Dan 4:10
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    10Here are the visions of my mind while I was on my bed. While I was watching, there was a tree in the middle of the land. It was enormously tall.

  • Dan 7:24
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    24The ten horns mean that ten kings will arise from that kingdom. Another king will arise after them, but he will be different from the earlier ones. He will humiliate three kings.

  • Dan 10:14
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    14Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.”