“While I was watching, another beast appeared. It was like a leopard with four wings of a bird on its back. It had four heads and was given authority to rule.

‘These huge beasts, four in number, are four kings who will rise from the earth.

Then the male goat became very great, but when he became powerful, the large horn was shattered. Four conspicuous horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

The four horns that took the place of the shattered horn represent four kingdoms. They will rise from that nation, but without its power.