Daniel 8:3

Daniel sees a ram with two horns, one higher and rising later than the other. The vision begins by depicting the Medo-Persian empire.

Cross-references · 22

• Dan 8:20The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
• Dan 10:5I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned with pure gold of Uphaz:
• 1 Chr 21:16David lifted up his eyes, and saw Yahweh’s angel standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
• Dan 6:28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
• Zech 6:1Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
• Zech 2:1I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
• Num 24:2Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.
• Isa 44:28Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’ even saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built;’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”
• Josh 5:13When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our enemies?”
• Dan 7:5Behold, another animal, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.
• Ezra 1:2“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
• Isa 21:2A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
• Esth 1:3in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.
• Zech 5:1Then again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a flying scroll.
• Jer 51:11“Make the arrows sharp! Hold the shields firmly! Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple.
• Dan 2:39After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
• Dan 5:31Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
• Ezra 4:5They hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
• Zech 5:9Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
• Zech 5:5Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing.”
• Zech 1:18I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four horns.
• Isa 13:17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.

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