23 He answered me thus:“The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom on earth,different from all the others;The whole earth it shall devour,trample down and crush.
24 The ten horns shall be ten kingsrising out of that kingdom;another shall rise up after them,Different from those before him,who shall lay low three kings.
25 He shall speak against the Most Highand wear down the holy ones of the Most High,intending to change the feast days and the law.They shall be handed over to himfor a time, two times, and half a time.
26 But when the court is convened,and his dominion is taken awayto be abolished and completely destroyed,
27 Then the kingship and dominion and majestyof all the kingdoms under the heavensshall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High,Whose kingship shall be an everlasting kingship,whom all dominions shall serve and obey.”
28 This is the end of the report. I, Daniel, was greatly terrified by my thoughts, and my face became pale, but I kept the matter to myself.