11. And unto the prince of the host it exerteth itself, and by it taken away hath been the continual [sacrifice], and thrown down the base of his sanctuary.
12. And the host is given up, with the continual [sacrifice], through transgression, and it throweth down truth to the earth, and it hath worked, and prospered.
13. `And I hear a certain holy one speaking, and a certain holy one saith to the wonderful numberer who is speaking: Till when [is] the vision of the continual [sacrifice], and of the transgression, an astonishment, to make both sanctuary and host a treading down?
14. And he saith unto me, Till evening--morning two thousand and three hundred, then is the holy place declared right.
15. `And it cometh to pass in my seeing--I, Daniel--the vision, that I require understanding, and lo, standing over-against me [is] as the appearance of a mighty one.
16. And I hear a voice of man between [the banks of] Ulai, and he calleth and saith: Gabriel, cause this [one] to understand the appearance.
17. And he cometh in near my station, and at his coming in I have been afraid, and I fall on my face, and he saith unto me: Understand, son of man, for at the time of the end [is] the vision.
18. And in his speaking with me, I have been in a trance on my face, on the earth; and he cometh against me, and causeth me to stand on my station,
19. and saith: Lo, I--I am causing thee to know that which is in the latter end of the indignation; for, at the appointed time [is] the end.
20. `The ram that thou hast seen possessing two horns, [are] the kings of Media and Persia.
21. And the young he-goat, the hairy one, [is] the king of Javan; and the great horn that [is] between its eyes is the first king;
22. and that being broken, stand up do four in its place, four kingdoms from the nation do stand up, and not in its power.
23. `And in the latter end of their kingdom, about the perfecting of the transgressors, stand up doth a king, fierce of face, and understanding hidden things;