¹⁷ ‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth. ¹⁸ But the ^[a]saints (believers) of the Most High [God] will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.’^(A)

¹⁹ “Then I wished to know the exact meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, extremely dreadful, with teeth of iron and claws of bronze, which devoured, crushed and trampled down what was left with its feet,