Daniel 2:38-40

New Catholic Bible

³⁸ He has entrusted to your care men, wild beasts, and birds of the air, wherever they may dwell. You are the head of gold.

³⁹ “After you another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours, followed by a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over the whole earth. ⁴⁰ There will then be a fourth kingdom, as strong as iron. Just as iron crushes and smashes everything to pieces, it will crush and pulverize all the other kingdoms.