¹⁷ ‘These great beasts which are four in number are four kings who will arise from the earth. ¹⁸ But the holy ones^[a] of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and they will take possession of the kingdom forever, forever and ever.’^[b]

¹⁹ “Then I desired to make certain concerning the fourth beast that was different from all the others^[c]—exceedingly terrifying, with its iron teeth and its claws of bronze; it devoured and crushed and stamped the remainder with its feet—