Daniel 8:1-5 - Chapter 8 details Daniel's second vision. He is transported to a specific location in Elam where God will issue a prophetic word that's ultimately concerns the Jews. It will be in Elam, too, that God will protect his people via Esther 85 years later - and where Nehemiah will be commissioned after that to rebuild Jerusalem's walls. In his vision, Daniel sees an unusual ram, and an even more unusual goat. The activities of the Medo-Persian and Grecian empires are unfolded to Daniel in these opening verses of this amazing chapter.