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and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
5
And behold another
beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and
it had
three ribs in the mouth
of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
6
After this I
beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast
had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold
a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured
and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it
was
diverse from all the
beasts that
were
before it; and it had ten horns.
8
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came
up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by
the roots: and, behold, in this horn
were
eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great
things.
9
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment
was
white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne
was like
the fiery flame,
and
his wheels
as
burning fire.
10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand
thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment
was set, and the books were opened.
11
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which
the horn spake: I beheld
even
till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the
burning flame.
12
As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet
their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
13
I saw in the night visions, and, behold,
one
like
the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought
him near before him.
14
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all
people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion
is
an everlasting dominion, which
shall not pass away, and his kingdom
that
which shall not be destroyed.
15
I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of
my
body, and the visions of my head troubled
me.
16
I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told
me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17
These great beasts, which are four,
are
four kings,
which
shall arise out of the earth.
18
But the saints of the most High shall take the
kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19
Then I would know the truth
of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth
were
of
iron, and his nails
of
brass;
which
devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his
feet;
20
And of the ten horns that
were
in his head, and
of
the other which came up, and before
whom three fell; even
of
that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose
look
was
more stout than his fellows.
21
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and
prevailed against them;
22
Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of
the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23
Thus he said, The fourth
beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall
devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24
And the ten horns out of
this kingdom
are
ten kings
that
shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse
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