Daniel 7:2-4

The Voice

These events most likely take place in 554 b.c. They are a flashback to before the feast in chapter 5.

Daniel: ²As I dreamed that night, I saw a vision: I was looking and saw the four winds of heaven blow in from all directions and sweep across the surface of the Mediterranean Sea,^[a] whipping up waves and turmoil within the deep. ³Four great beasts rose up from the churning waters, each one different from the other. ⁴The first to surface was like a lion. It had giant wings like an eagle’s protruding from its shoulders. I watched as suddenly its feathers were plucked and its wings removed. The great beast was lifted up from the earth so that it could stand on two feet like a human being. Then it was given human intellect.