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Discourse on Eschatology

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Section 13

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XIII.

Wherefore, bringing the visions of Daniel into conjunction with these

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,

we

shall

make

one

narrative

of

the

two

,

and

show

how

true

and

consistent

were

the

things

seen

in

vision

by

the

prophet

with

those

which

Nabuchodonosor

saw

beforehand

.

For

the

prophet

speaks

thus

:

“

I

Daniel

saw

,

and

,

behold

,

the

four

winds

of

the

heaven

strove

upon

the

great

sea

.

And

four

great

beasts

came

up

from

the

sea

,

diverse

one

from

another

.

The

first

was

like

a

lioness

,

and

had

eagle’s

wings

:

I

beheld

till

the

wings

thereof

were

plucked

,

and

it

was

lifted

up

from

the

earth

,

and

made

stand

upon

the

feet

as

a

man

,

and

a

man’s

heart

was

given

it

.

And

behold

a

second

beast

,

like

to

a

bear

,

and

it

raised

up

itself

on

one

side

,

and

it

had

three

ribs

in

the

mouth

of

it

between

the

teeth

of

it

:

and

they

said

thus

unto

it

,

Arise

,

devour

much

flesh

.

After

this

I

beheld

,

and

lo

a

third

beast

,

like

a

leopard

,

which

had

upon

the

back

of

it

four

wings

of

a

fowl

:

the

beast

had

also

four

heads

.

After

this

I

saw

,

and

behold

a

fourth

beast

,

dreadful

and

terrible

,

and

strong

exceedingly

;

its

great

iron

teeth

and

its

claws

of

brass

devoured

and

brake

in

pieces

,

and

it

stamped

the

residue

with

the

feet

of

it

:

and

it

was

diverse

exceedingly

from

all

the

beasts

that

were

before

it

;

and

it

had

ten

horns

.

I

considered

its

horns

,

and

,

behold

,

there

came

up

among

them

a

little

horn

,

and

before

it

there

were

three

of

the

first

horns

plucked

up

by

the

roots

:

and

,

behold

,

in

this

horn

were

eyes

like

the

eyes

of

man

,

and

a

mouth

speaking

great

things

.

”

Notes

1
These words, καὶ οἱ ὄνυχες αὐτοῦ χαλκοῖ, are strange both to the Greek and the Hebrew text of Daniel.
2
Dan. vii. 2–8.