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Menasseh ben Israel · 1655

37. You, O King, the King of Kings, God of heaven, has given you kingdom, treasury, power, and glory.
38. And in all places where the children of man, beasts of the field, and birds of the sky dwell, He delivered them into your hand, and made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold.
39. And after you, another kingdom inferior to yours shall arise, and a third kingdom, another, a kingdom of metal, which will dominate over all the earth.
40. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, just as iron shatters and tames all things, and like iron that breaks, it will shatter and break all these.
41. Regarding what you saw, the feet and toes,