²⁸ Peres: sinun valtakuntasi on pirstottu ja annettu meedialaisille ja persialaisille."

³⁹ Mutta sinun jälkeesi nousee toinen valtakunta, joka on halvempi kuin sinun; ja sitten kolmas valtakunta, joka on vaskea ja joka hallitsee kaikkea maata.

¹¹ Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

¹² "Come," [say they], "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure."