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Daniel Chapter 7

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Daniel

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In this chapter Daniel receives a vivid vision of God’s future judgment, describing a series of beasts that represent successive nations and a final great conflict. The vision ends with a small horn that will rise against the others, foretelling a period of peace before the final battle. The chapter emphasizes God’s control over history and the hope of ultimate victory for His people.

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(1) In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
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Daniel 5:1Daniel 5:22Daniel 5:30Daniel 8:1Jeremiah 27:7Daniel 2:1Daniel 2:28Daniel 2:29Daniel 4:5Numbers 12:6Job 33:14Job 33:15

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Genesis 40:5Daniel 4:19Genesis 37:9Genesis 40:9Genesis 41:11Genesis 41:15

(2) Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
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Revelation 7:1Revelation 17:15

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Daniel 2:19Jeremiah 49:36Ezekiel 48:16Revelation 7:1Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13

(3) And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
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Daniel 2:32Daniel 2:33Daniel 2:37Daniel 2:38Daniel 2:39Daniel 2:40Zechariah 6:1Zechariah 6:2Zechariah 6:3Zechariah 6:4Zechariah 6:5Zechariah 6:6

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:10Daniel 7:17Revelation 5:8

(4) The first was like a lion, 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 to it.
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Deuteronomy 28:49II Samuel 1:23Isaiah 5:28Isaiah 5:29Jeremiah 4:7Jeremiah 4:13Jeremiah 25:38Jeremiah 48:40Lamentations 4:19Ezekiel 17:3Habakkuk 1:6Habakkuk 1:7

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Zechariah 5:9Exodus 25:20Exodus 37:9Deuteronomy 32:11I Kings 6:27Job 39:13

(5) And behold another beast, a second, 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.
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Daniel 2:39Daniel 8:3II Kings 2:24Proverbs 17:12Hosea 13:8Daniel 5:28Daniel 8:4Daniel 11:2Isaiah 13:17Isaiah 13:18Isaiah 56:9Jeremiah 50:21

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Revelation 4:7Isaiah 10:15Revelation 6:3Leviticus 24:18Hosea 13:8Revelation 13:4

(6) After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
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Daniel 2:39Daniel 8:5Daniel 8:6Daniel 8:7Daniel 8:20Daniel 8:21Daniel 10:20Daniel 11:3Daniel 11:4Daniel 11:5Daniel 11:6Daniel 11:7

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:8Ezekiel 1:10Ezekiel 10:21

(7) After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
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Daniel 7:2Daniel 7:13Daniel 7:19Daniel 7:23Daniel 2:40Daniel 8:10II Samuel 22:43Daniel 7:24Daniel 2:41Daniel 2:42Revelation 12:3Revelation 13:1

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Daniel 7:19Daniel 2:40Daniel 7:23Revelation 4:7Revelation 13:1Revelation 17:12

(8) I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom 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.
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Daniel 7:20Daniel 7:21Daniel 7:22Daniel 7:23Daniel 7:24Daniel 7:25Daniel 8:9Daniel 8:10Daniel 8:11Daniel 8:12Revelation 13:11Revelation 13:12

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Zechariah 1:21Exodus 27:2Exodus 38:2Deuteronomy 33:17Psalms 75:10Daniel 7:20

(9) I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
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Daniel 2:34Daniel 2:35Daniel 2:44Daniel 2:45I Corinthians 15:24I Corinthians 15:25Revelation 19:18Revelation 19:19Revelation 19:20Revelation 19:21Revelation 20:1Revelation 20:2

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Daniel 7:11Revelation 1:14Matthew 19:28I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19Revelation 20:11

(10) A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
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Psalms 50:3Psalms 97:2Psalms 97:3Isaiah 30:27Isaiah 30:33Isaiah 66:15Isaiah 66:16Nahum 1:5Nahum 1:6Deuteronomy 33:2I Kings 22:19Psalms 68:17

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Revelation 5:11Revelation 20:12Genesis 32:15Genesis 45:23Exodus 27:12Exodus 38:12

(11) I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
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Daniel 7:8Daniel 7:25II Peter 2:18Jude 1:16Revelation 13:5Revelation 13:6Revelation 20:4Revelation 20:12Daniel 7:26Daniel 8:25Daniel 11:45II Thessalonians 2:8

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Daniel 7:9Revelation 4:7I Corinthians 15:44Leviticus 24:18Daniel 7:6Revelation 6:5

(12) As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
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Daniel 7:4Daniel 7:5Daniel 7:6Daniel 8:7

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19Isaiah 34:14Daniel 7:14Daniel 11:5II Samuel 19:5

(13) I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
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Psalms 8:4Psalms 8:5Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 9:7Ezekiel 1:26Matthew 13:41Matthew 24:30Matthew 25:31Matthew 26:64Mark 13:26Mark 14:61Mark 14:62

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Exodus 14:20

(14) And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
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Daniel 7:27Psalms 2:6Psalms 2:7Psalms 2:8Psalms 8:6Psalms 110:1Psalms 110:2Matthew 11:27Matthew 28:18Luke 10:22Luke 19:11Luke 19:12

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Daniel 11:5Daniel 4:34Daniel 6:26Judges 5:13Daniel 7:27Genesis 27:40

(15) I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
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Daniel 7:28Daniel 8:27Jeremiah 15:17Jeremiah 15:18Jeremiah 17:16Habakkuk 3:16Luke 19:41Luke 19:42Luke 19:43Luke 19:44Romans 9:2Romans 9:3

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I Corinthians 15:44Luke 11:34I Corinthians 12:12Daniel 5:13Daniel 6:20

(16) I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
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Daniel 7:10Daniel 8:13Daniel 8:14Daniel 8:15Daniel 8:16Daniel 10:5Daniel 10:6Daniel 10:11Daniel 10:12Daniel 12:5Daniel 12:6Zechariah 1:8

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(17) These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
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Daniel 7:3Daniel 7:4Daniel 2:37Daniel 2:38Daniel 2:39Daniel 2:40Daniel 8:19Daniel 8:20Daniel 8:21Daniel 8:22Psalms 17:14John 18:36

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Ezekiel 48:16Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13Ezekiel 1:10Revelation 7:1Revelation 5:8

(18) But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
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Daniel 7:22Daniel 7:27Psalms 45:16Psalms 149:5Psalms 149:6Psalms 149:7Psalms 149:8Psalms 149:9Isaiah 60:12Isaiah 60:13Isaiah 60:14II Timothy 2:11

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Judges 11:24Obadiah 1:19

(19) Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
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Daniel 7:7Daniel 2:40Daniel 2:41Daniel 2:42Daniel 2:43

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(20) And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
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Daniel 7:8Daniel 7:11Daniel 7:23Daniel 8:9Daniel 8:10Daniel 8:11Daniel 11:36Daniel 11:37

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(21) I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
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Daniel 8:12Daniel 8:24Daniel 11:31Daniel 12:7Revelation 11:7Revelation 11:8Revelation 11:9Revelation 12:3Revelation 12:4Revelation 13:5Revelation 13:6Revelation 13:7

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Daniel 7:11

(22) Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
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Daniel 7:9Daniel 7:10Daniel 7:11II Thessalonians 2:8Revelation 11:11Revelation 11:12Revelation 11:13Revelation 11:14Revelation 11:15Revelation 11:16Revelation 11:17Revelation 11:18

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Psalms 37:28Psalms 149:9Proverbs 2:8

(23) Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
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Daniel 7:7Daniel 2:40Luke 2:1

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(24) And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
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Daniel 7:20Revelation 12:3Revelation 13:1Revelation 17:3Revelation 17:12Revelation 17:13Revelation 17:16Revelation 17:17Revelation 17:18Daniel 7:8Daniel 8:9Daniel 8:10

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Revelation 13:1Revelation 17:12Genesis 32:15Genesis 45:23Exodus 27:12Exodus 38:12

(25) And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
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Daniel 7:8Daniel 7:20Daniel 8:24Daniel 8:25Daniel 11:28Daniel 11:30Daniel 11:31Daniel 11:36Daniel 11:37Isaiah 37:23II Thessalonians 2:4Revelation 13:5

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Joshua 6:15Matthew 18:22Luke 17:4Leviticus 27:33Romans 12:3

(26) But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
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Daniel 7:10Daniel 7:11Daniel 7:22II Thessalonians 2:8Revelation 11:13Revelation 20:10Revelation 20:11

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(27) And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
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Daniel 7:14Daniel 7:18Daniel 7:22Psalms 149:5Psalms 149:6Psalms 149:7Psalms 149:8Psalms 149:9Isaiah 49:23Isaiah 49:24Isaiah 49:25Isaiah 49:26

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(28) Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
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Daniel 8:17Daniel 8:19Daniel 11:27Daniel 12:9Daniel 12:13Daniel 7:15Daniel 8:27Daniel 10:8Genesis 37:10Mark 9:15Luke 2:19Luke 2:51

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