The Interpretation—Babylon the First Kingdom

³⁶ “This was the dream; now we will tell ^(A)its interpretation before the king. ³⁷ You, O king, are the ^(B)king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the ^[a]kingdom, the ^(C)power, the strength and the glory; ³⁸ and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the ^(D)beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.

Medo-Persia and Greece

³⁹ After you there will arise another kingdom inferior to you, then another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.

Rome

⁴⁰ Then there will be a ^(E)fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so, like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces.