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Then the goat grew extremely great, but when it was strong, its great horn was shattered. In its place, four distinctive horns grew out in all directions.”[a]

The Insignificant Horn

“A somewhat insignificant horn emerged from one of them. It moved[b] rapidly[c] against the south, against the east, and against the Glory.[d] 10 Then it moved against the Heavenly Army. It persuaded some of the Heavenly Army to fall to the earth, along with some of the stars, and it trampled them.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:8 Lit. out to the four winds of heaven
  2. Daniel 8:9 Or expanded and so throughout the chapter
  3. Daniel 8:9 Or remarkably
  4. Daniel 8:9 Or Beauty; i.e. God

The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off,(A) and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.(B)

Out of one of them came another horn, which started small(C) but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land.(D) 10 It grew until it reached(E) the host of the heavens, and it threw some of the starry host down to the earth(F) and trampled(G) on them.

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