When he stands up, his kingdom will be broken and will be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom will be plucked up, even for others besides these.
The male goat magnified himself exceedingly. When he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of the sky.
Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram which had two horns standing beside the river. The two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
“After this I looked, and there was another beast, like a leopard, that had on its back four wings of a bird. The animal also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
“After this I saw visions in the night, and suddenly a fourth beast appeared, awesome, powerful, and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the animals that were before it. It had ten horns.