KJV ORIGINAL
And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
He charged straight at the ram with two horns that I'd seen standing by the river, running at him with absolutely fierce power.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes confrontation comes at you with unstoppable force.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Daniel, written during the Babylonian exile in the 6th century BC, the prophet Daniel receives a vision of symbolic animals representing ancient empires. The ram with two horns specifically symbolizes the Medo-Persian Empire, which was rising to power and expanding its influence. This verse depicts the aggressive attack on the ram by a goat, foreshadowing the historical conquest of the Persians by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC.
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