"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.
"Then I pulverizedthem as the dustof the earth;I crushed[and] stampedthem as the mireof the streets.
"Whocan openthe doorsof his face?Aroundhis teeththere is terror.
In the visionsof GodHe broughtme into the landof Israeland setme on a veryhighmountain,and on it to the south[there was] a structurelike a city.
Thenthe mysterywas revealedto Danielin a nightvision.ThenDanielblessedthe Godof heaven;
"I keptlookingin the nightvisions,And behold,with the cloudsof heavenOne like a Sonof Manwas coming,And He cameup to the Ancientof DaysAnd was presentedbeforeHim.
Danielsaid,"I was lookingin my visionby night,and behold,the fourwindsof heavenwere stirringup the greatsea.
It grewup to the hostof heavenand caused someof the hostand someof the starsto fallto the earth,and it trampledthem down.
"The broken[horn] and the four[horns that] arosein its place[represent] fourkingdoms[which] will arisefrom [his] nation,although not with his power.
Then I liftedup my eyesand looked,and behold,[there was] a manwith a measuringlinein his hand.
Thenanothersignappearedin heaven:and behold,a greatreddragonhavingsevenheadsand tenhorns,and on his heads[were] sevendiadems.
And the dragon stoodon the sandof the seashore.ThenI sawa beastcomingup out of the sea,havingtenhornsand sevenheads,and on his horns[were] tendiadems,and on his heads[were] blasphemousnames.
"The tenhornswhichyou saware tenkingswhohave not yetreceiveda kingdom,but they receiveauthorityas kingswith the beastfor onehour.
And the angelsaidto me, "Whydo you wonder?I will tellyou the mysteryof the womanand of the beastthat carriesher, which hasthe sevenheadsand the tenhorns.
"The beastthat you sawwas, and is not, and is aboutto comeup out of the abyssand goto destruction.And thosewho dwellon the earth,whosenamehas not been writtenin the bookof lifefrom the foundationof the world,will wonderwhen they seethe beast,that he was and is not and will come.
