16. So I asked one of those standing there, and he explained,
17. “The four beasts are four earthly kingdoms.
18. But God Most High will give his kingdom to his chosen ones, and it will be theirs for ever and ever.”
19. I wanted to know more about the fourth beast, because it was so different and much more terrifying than the others. What was the meaning of its iron teeth and bronze claws and of its feet that smashed what the teeth and claws had not ground and crushed?