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Four magnificent animals were rising from the sea, each different from the other. The first resembled a lion, but it had eagles’ wings. I continued to watch until its wings were plucked off, it was lifted up off the ground, and it was forced to stand on two feet like a man. A human soul[a] was imparted to it.

“Then look!—a second animal resembling a bear followed it.[b] It was raised up on one side, with three ribs held between the teeth in its mouth. Therefore people kept telling it, ‘Get up and devour lots of meat!’

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 7:4 Lit. heart
  2. Daniel 7:5 The Aram. lacks it