Yep - I hadn’t looked at it in awhile so thanks for the verse
Now..I dont know, but there have been some who have linked that to the beast.
Some have claimed that the mark of the beast (666) is currency or money. Since gold was a currency then, and todays control of the population will be through currency, then that links it to the mark of the beast....I.E. digital currency.
The question is, which individual controls it?
The key is that he is defined perfectly...Lion, Leopard and Bear. So IMO, From Babylon, Greece, or Persian area. Gains his power in the old Assyrian area which would include all that area from Egypt to Persia.
JMO.
About the time of Isaiah the prophet, the Japanese empire dynasty was established and that line continues to this day.