7:23 “This is what he told me: 1
‘The fourth beast means that there will be a fourth kingdom on earth
that will differ from all the other kingdoms.
It will devour all the earth
and will trample and crush it.
7:24 The ten horns
mean that ten kings will arise from that kingdom.
Another king will arise after them,
but he will be different from the earlier ones.
He will humiliate 2 three kings.
7:25 He will speak words against the Most High.
He will harass 3 the holy ones of the Most High continually.
His intention 4 will be to change times established by law. 5
They will be delivered into his hand
For a time, times, 6 and half a time.
7:26 But the court will convene, 7 and his ruling authority will be removed –
destroyed and abolished forever!