16. I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.”
17. So he came near where I stood. And when he came, I was afraid and fell upon my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man, that the vision deals with the time of the end.”
18. Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face toward the ground. But he touched me and set me upright.
19. He said, “Listen, I will make you know what shall be in the final period of the indignation, for the end shall be at the appointed time.
20. The ram which you saw having two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.
21. The rough goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.