“Gabriel said.
‘Listen!
I will tell you
What will take place later
In the period
Of wrath!
It refers
To the appointed time
Of the end.
As for the ram
That you saw
With the two horns,
These are the kings
Of Media and Persia.
The male goat is
The king of Greece.
The great horn
Between its eyes
Is the first king.
As for the horn
That was broken,
In place of which
Four others arose,
Four kingdoms
Shall arise
From his nation,
But not with his power.’”
Gabriel told Daniel to listen to what he was going to tell him. This all would take place at a later appointed end time, when the wrath of God would be displayed. Then he went into details about the vision. The ram with the two horns represented Media and Persia. The male goat was the king of Greece. His broken horn represented the 4 people who took over after the death of Alexander the Great, Cassander, Lysimachus, Seleucus, and Ptolemy, the successors of Alexander. However, these 4 kingdoms would not be as strong as the first kingdom of Greece under Alexander.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 