"Thushe said:'The fourthbeastwill be a fourthkingdomon the earth,whichwill be differentfrom allthe [other] kingdomsand will devourthe wholeearthand treadit downand crushit.
"Then there will be a fourthkingdomas strongas iron;inasmuchas ironcrushesand shattersallthings,so, like ironthat breaksin pieces,it will crushand breakallthesein pieces.
untilthe Ancientof Dayscameand judgmentwas passedin favor of the saintsof the HighestOne,and the timearrivedwhen the saintstookpossessionof the kingdom.
As for the tenhorns,out of this kingdomtenkingswill arise;and anotherwill ariseafterthem, and he will be differentfrom the previousonesand will subduethreekings.
"AfterthisI keptlookingin the nightvisions,and behold,a fourthbeast,dreadfuland terrifyingand extremelystrong;and it had largeironteeth.It devouredand crushedand trampleddownthe remainderwith its feet;and it was differentfrom allthe beaststhat were beforeit, and it had tenhorns.
Nowin thosedaysa decreewentout from CaesarAugustus,that a census be takenof allthe inhabited earth.
