15. “I, Daniel, was worried. The visions that went through my mind frightened me.
16. I came near one of those standing there. I asked him what all this meant.“So he told me. He explained to me what these things meant.
17. He said, ‘The four great animals are four kingdoms. Those four kingdoms will come from the earth.
18. But the people who belong to the Most High God will receive the power to rule. And they will have the power to rule forever. They will have it from now on.’