And the male of the goats became very great. And when he was mighty, the great horn was shattered. And in my vision four came up in its place toward the four winds of the heavens.
And when he became strong, his heart was lifted up to act corruptly; and he acted unfaithfully against Jehovah his God, and went in to the temple of Jehovah to burn incense on the altar of incense.
And I will bring the four winds from the four ends of the heavens on Elam, and will scatter them toward all those winds. And there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
As a myriad, as a field shoot, I have given you, and you are grown and are great. And you come in the ornament of ornaments. Your breasts are formed, and your hair is grown, yet you were naked and bare.
And when he stands up his kingdom shall be shattered and shall be divided to the four winds of the heavens, and not to his posterity, and not according to his authority with which he ruled. For his kingdom shall be pulled up and not to others besides these.
The word was still in the king’s mouth when a voice fell from the heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: The kingdom has been taken from you!
But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit grew hard to act proudly, he was cast down from the throne of his kingdom, and his majesty was taken away from him.
After this I was seeing, and, behold, another like a leopard, and to it were four wings of a bird on its side. And also to the beast were four heads; and dominion was given to it.
And I was considering. And behold! A male of the goats came from the west, over the face of all the earth and did not touch the ground. And the he-goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
And I saw him reaching over against the ram. And he became enraged against him. And he struck the ram and shattered his two horns. And there was no power in the ram to stand before him. But he threw him down to the ground and trampled him. And no one could deliver the ram from his hand.
And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from the extreme limits of the heavens to the extreme limits of them..
And I shall bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I have sworn to their fathers. And they shall eat and be satisfied, and become fat, and shall turn to other gods; and they shall serve them and despise Me and break My covenant.
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on every tree.