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General Information:
Chapters 7 and 8 are not in chronological order. They happened while Belshazzar was still the king, before the rule of Darius and Cyrus that was discussed in chapter 6.
General Information:
In Daniel's vision, he saw animals that were symbols of other things. Later in the vision someone explains the meaning of those symbols. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)
Belshazzar
This was the name of Nebuchadnezzar's son, who became king after him. See how you wrote this name in Daniel 5:1.
a dream and visions
The words "dream" and "visions" both refer to the same dream that is described in this chapter. AT: "visions while he was dreaming" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
the four winds of heaven
"winds from everywhere" or "strong winds from all four directions"
stirring up
"whipped up" or "agitated" or "caused high waves in"