7. “After that, in my vision at night I continued looking. There in front of me was a fourth animal. This animal looked cruel and terrible and very strong. It had large iron teeth. It crushed and ate what it killed. Then it walked on whatever was left. This fourth animal was different from all the animals I had seen before it. It had ten horns.
8. “While I was thinking about the horns, another horn grew up among them. It was a little horn. It had eyes like a person’s eyes. It also had a mouth. And the mouth was bragging. The little horn pulled out three of the other horns.
9. “As I looked,thrones were put in their places.And God, the Eternal One, sat on his throne.His clothes were white like snow.And the hair on his head was white like wool.His throne was made from fire.And the wheels of his throne were blazing with fire.
10. A river of fire was flowingfrom in front of him.Many thousands of angels were serving him.Millions of angels stood before him.Court was ready to begin.And the books were opened.
11. “I kept on looking because the little horn was bragging. I kept watching until finally the fourth animal was killed. Its body was destroyed, and it was thrown into the burning fire.
12. (The power and rule of the other animals had been taken from them. But they were permitted to live for a certain period of time.)
13. “In my vision at night I looked. There in front of me was someone who looked like a human being. He was coming with clouds in the sky. He came near God, who has been alive forever. And he was led to God.
14. The one who looked like a human being was given the power to rule. He was also given glory and royal power. All peoples, nations and men who spoke every language will serve him. His rule will last forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed.
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.’