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I, Daniel, was distressed in my spirit amidst its sheath, and the visions of my head alarmed me.

And I came near one of those who stood by and asked him the truth of all this. And he told me and made me know the meaning of the things.

These great beasts are four, four kings; they shall rise up out of the earth.

But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.

Then I wanted to know the truth of the fourth beast, which was different from all of them, very frightening, whose teeth were of iron and its nails bronze; who devoured andcrushed, and trampled what was left with itsfeet,

also of the ten horns that were on its head, and the other which came up, and before whom three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and its appearance was greater than his fellows.

I was looking, and that horn made war with the saints and overcame them,

until the Ancient of Days came. And judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

And he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all kingdoms, and shall devour all the earth, and shall trample it down and crush it.

And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings; they shall rise, and another shall rise after them. And he shall be different from the first, and he shall humble three kings.

And he shall speak words against the Most High, and he shall wear out the saints of the Most High. And he intends to change times and law. And they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and one half time.

But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his rulership, to cut off and to destroy until the end.

And the kingdom and rulership, and the greatness of the kingdom under all the heavens shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. And all kingdoms shall serve and obey Him.

Until now is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts terrified me much, and my face changed on me. But I kept the matter in my heart.