A Pocket Book of Biblical References — Page 89
A POCKET BOOK OF BI BLICAL REFE RENCES 89 part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet and were of iron and clay, and brake them into pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, the gold, broken to piece s together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors: and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. This is the dream: and we will t ell the interpretation thereof before the king. O King, art a king of kings: for the Lord of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beast of the field and the fowls of the heaven hat h he given into thine hand, and hath made thee a ruler over them all. Thou art the head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingd om shall he strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters clay, and part of iron, the kingd om shall be divided: but there shall be in it of the strength of iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of the iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall he partly strong, and partly broken. An d whereas thou sawest him