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10 (A) and flames were dashing out
    from all around him.
Countless thousands
were standing there
    to serve him.
The time of judgment began,
    and the books[a] were opened.

11 I watched closely to see what would happen to this smaller horn because of the arrogant things it was saying. Then before my very eyes, the fourth beast was killed and its body destroyed by fire. 12 The other three beasts had their authority taken from them, but they were allowed to live a while longer.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 7.10 books: Containing the record of the good and evil that each person has done.
  2. 7.12 a while longer: Aramaic “for a time and a season.”

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