11 “I was looking. Then, because of the sound of the great words which the horn was speaking, I was looking until the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given to the burning fire,
12 and the rest of the beasts had their rule taken away. But a lengthening of life was given to them, for a season and a time.
13 “I was looking in the night visions and saw One like the Son of Enosh, coming with the clouds of the heavens! And He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him.
14 “And to Him was given rulership and preciousness and a reign, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His rule is an everlasting rule which shall not pass away, and His reign that which shall not be destroyed.
15 “As for me, Dani’ĕl, my spirit was pierced within my body, and the visions of my head alarmed me.
16 “I drew near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the certainty of all this. And he spoke to me and made known to me the interpretation of the matters:
17 ‘These great beasts, which are four, are four sovereigns which rise up from the earth.