Daniel 7:23

This is what that person said, 'As for the fourth animal, 1 it will be a fourth kingdom on earth 1 that will be different from all the other kingdoms. 1 It will devour the whole earth, 1 and it will trample it down 1 and break it into pieces. 1

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Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

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22until the Ancient of Days came, and justice was given to the holy people of the Most High. Then the time came when the holy people received the kingdom.

24As for the ten horns, 1 out of this kingdom ten kings will arise, 1 and another will arise after them. 1 He will be different from the previous ones, 1 and he will conquer the three kings.

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Cross References

Daniel 2:40There will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks other things into pieces and shatters everything. It will shatter all these things and crush them.

Luke 2:1Now in those days, it came about that Caesar Augustus sent out a decree ordering that a census be taken of all the people living in the world.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 7:16-28

The Vision of the Four Beasts. ( b. c. 555.) 15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. 17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. 19 Then I… Read the whole commentary →

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