39 “And after you there will rise another kingdom+ inferior to you;*+ and another kingdom, a third one, of copper, that will rule over the whole earth.+

28 “PEʹRES, your kingdom has been divided* and given to the Medes and the Persians.”*+

5 “And, see there! another beast, a second one, it being like a bear.+ And on one side it was raised up,+ and there were three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and this is what they were saying to it, ‘Get up, eat much flesh.’+

3 When I raised my eyes, then I saw, and, look! a ram+ standing before the watercourse, and it had two horns. And the two horns were tall, but the one was taller than the other,* and the taller was the one that came up afterward.+