7 “After that, in my visionw at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large ironx teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampledy underfoot whatever was left.z It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.a

8 “While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a littleb one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human beingc and a mouth that spoke boastfully.d

9 “As I looked,

“thrones were set in place,

and the Ancient of Dayse took his seat.f

His clothing was as white as snow;g

the hair of his head was white like wool.h

His throne was flaming with fire,

and its wheelsi were all ablaze.

10 A river of firej was flowing,

coming out from before him.k

Thousands upon thousands attended him;

ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.

The court was seated,

and the booksl were opened.

11 “Then I continued to watch because of the boastful words the horn was speaking.m I kept looking until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.n