"Afteryou there will ariseanotherkingdominferiorto you, then anotherthirdkingdomof bronze,whichwill ruleover allthe earth.
"[It is I] who saysof Cyrus,'[He is] My shepherd!And he will performallMy desire.'And he declaresof Jerusalem,She will be built,'And of the temple,Your foundationwill be laid.'"
Then he said,"Do you understandwhyI cameto you? But I shall nowreturnto fightagainstthe princeof Persia;so I am goingforth,and behold,the princeof Greeceis about to come.
"The headof that statue[was made] of finegold,its breastand its armsof silver,its bellyand its thighsof bronze,
and whereverthe sonsof mendwell,[or] the beastsof the field,or the birdsof the sky,He has given[them] into your handand has caused you to ruleover them all.You are the headof gold.
"Then there will be a fourthkingdomas strongas iron;inasmuchas ironcrushesand shattersallthings,so, like ironthat breaksin pieces,it will crushand breakallthesein pieces.
"Thushe said:'The fourthbeastwill be a fourthkingdomon the earth,whichwill be differentfrom allthe [other] kingdomsand will devourthe wholeearthand treadit downand crushit.
"The ramwhichyou sawwith the two hornsrepresents the kingsof Mediaand Persia.
"The shaggygoat[represents] the kingdomof Greece,and the largehornthat is betweenhis eyesis the firstking.
with the thirdchariotwhitehorses,and with the fourthchariotstrongdappledhorses.
with one of whichthe blackhorsesare goingforthto the northcountry;and the whiteonesgoforthafterthem, while the dappledonesgoforthto the southcountry.
