en_tn_condensed/dan/02/40.md

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General Information:

Daniel continues talking to the king.

There will be a fourth kingdom

"There will be a kingdom number four" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)

strong as iron

The fourth kingdom is spoken of as being as strong as iron. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

It will shatter all these things and crush them

This symbolic language means the fourth kingdom will defeat and replace the other kingdoms. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage)

all these things

"the previous kingdoms"