"You, O king, were looking and, look, there was one great statue. This statue [was] huge and its brilliance extraordinary, standing [there] before you, and its appearance [was] frightening.

Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together and became like chaff from a summer threshing floor that the breeze carries away without leaving a trace. Then the rock that struck the statue grew into a huge mountain and filled the entire earth.

Four huge beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.

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

For the king of the north will again muster an army, one larger than before. At the end of some years he will advance with a huge army and enormous supplies.